17. If we are his children, we are also God’s heirs. If we share in Christ’s suffering in order to share his glory, we are heirs together with him.
18. I consider our present sufferings insignificant compared to the glory that will soon be revealed to us.
19. All creation is eagerly waiting for God to reveal who his children are.
20. Creation was subjected to frustration but not by its own choice. The one who subjected it to frustration did so in the hope