8:20 For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will,8:22 For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now.
but because of him who subjected it, in hope
8:21 that the creation itself also will be delivered
from the bondage of decay into the liberty of the glory of the children of God.
8:23 Not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of
the
Spirit,
even we ourselves groan within ourselves,
waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body.
8:24 For we were saved in hope, but hope that is seen is not hope.
For who hopes for that which he sees?
8:25 But if we hope for that which we don't see,
we wait for it with patience.
8:29 For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son,
that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.8:30 Whom he predestined, those he also called.
Whom he called, those he also justified.
Whom he justified, those he also glorified.
18 I consider that our present sufferings | 17 if indeed we share in his sufferings |
19 The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed. | 14 because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. |
21brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God. | 16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. |
23 we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons,
"adoption as sons" = "huiothesia"in greek |
15 you received the Spirit of sonship. "sonship" = "huiothesia" in greek |
Therefore if the emphasis in Romans 8 is the various roles of the Spirit, what role is emphasized here? It comes from vs 16 "The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children." The Spirit testifying that we are children of God leads to the hope of glory that will be revealed in the future. This is how these fit in the general outline of Romans 8.