G1161–δέ–de

and if children, then heirs too--heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ; if indeed we are sharers in Christ's sufferings, in order that we may also be sharers in His glory.

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And more than that, we ourselves, though we possess the Spirit as a foretaste and pledge of the glorious future, yet we ourselves inwardly sigh, as we wait and long for open recognition as sons through the deliverance of our bodies.

δέ, de “now,”

It is *in hope* that we have been saved. But an object of hope is such no longer when it is present to view; for when a man has a thing before his eyes, how can he be said to hope for it?

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But if we hope for something which we do not see, then we eagerly and patiently wait for it.

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In the same way the Spirit also helps us in our weakness; for we do not know what prayers to offer nor in what way to offer them. But the Spirit Himself pleads for us in yearnings that can find no words,

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and the Searcher of hearts knows what the Spirit's meaning is, because His intercessions for God's people are in harmony with God's will.

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Now we know that for those who love God all things are working together for good--for those, I mean, whom with deliberate purpose He has called.

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and those whom He has pre-destined He also has called; and those whom He has called He has also declared free from guilt; and those whom He has declared free from guilt He has also crowned with glory.

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Who is there to condemn them? Christ Jesus died, or rather has risen to life again. He is also at the right hand of God, and is interceding for us.

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Not however that God's word has failed; for all who have sprung from Israel do not count as Israel,

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Nor is that all: later on there was Rebecca too. She was soon to bear two children to her husband, our forefather Isaac--

δέ, de “then,”

This agrees with the other Scripture which says, "Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated."

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This is a proof that wherever He chooses He shows mercy, and wherever he chooses He hardens the heart.

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Or has not the potter rightful power over the clay to make out of the same lump one vessel for more honourable and another for less honourable uses?

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And what if God, while choosing to make manifest the terrors of His anger and to show what is possible with Him, has yet borne with long-forbearing patience with the subjects of His anger who stand ready for destruction,

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And Isaiah cries aloud concerning Israel, "Though the number of the sons of Israel be like the sands of the sea, only a remnant of them shall be saved;

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To what conclusion does this bring us? Why, that the Gentiles, who were not in pursuit of righteousness, have overtaken it--a righteousness, however, which arises from faith;

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while the descendants of Israel, who were in pursuit of a Law that could give righteousness, have not arrived at one.

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But the righteousness which is based on faith speaks in a different tone. "Say not in your heart," it declares, "`Who shall ascend to Heaven?'" --that is, to bring Christ down;

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For with the heart men believe and obtain righteousness, and with the mouth they make confession and obtain salvation.

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But how are they to call on One in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in One whose voice they have never heard? And how are they to hear without a preacher?

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And how are men to preach unless they have been sent to do so? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring glad tidings of good!"

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And this proves that faith comes from a Message heard, and that the Message comes through its having been spoken by Christ.

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And Isaiah, with strange boldness, exclaims, "I have been found by those who were not looking for Me, I have revealed Myself to those who were not inquiring of Me."

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While as to Israel he says, "All day long I have stretched out My arms to a self-willed and fault-finding people."

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