24. We were saved to have this hope. If we can see what we are waiting for, that is not really hope. People don’t hope for something they already have.
25. But we are hoping for something we don’t have yet, and we are waiting for it patiently.
26. Also, the Spirit helps us. We are very weak, but the Spirit helps us with our weakness. We don’t know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit himself speaks to God for us. He begs God for us, speaking to him with feelings too deep for words.
27. God already knows our deepest thoughts. And he understands what the Spirit is saying, because the Spirit speaks for his people in the way that agrees with what God wants.
28. We know that in everything God works for the good of those who love him. These are the people God chose, because that was his plan.
29. God knew them before he made the world. And he decided that they would be like his Son. Then Jesus would be the firstborn of many brothers and sisters.
30. God planned for them to be like his Son. He chose them and made them right with him. And after he made them right, he gave them his glory.
31. So what should we say about this? If God is for us, no one can stand against us. And God is with us.
32. He even let his own Son suffer for us. God gave his Son for all of us. So now with Jesus, God will surely give us all things.