Romans 8:21-23

New Century Version

²¹ that everything God made would be set free from ruin to have the freedom and glory that belong to God’s children.

²² We know that everything God made has been waiting until now in pain, like a woman ready to give birth. ²³ Not only the world, but we also have been waiting with pain inside us. We have the Spirit as the first part of God’s promise. So we are waiting for God to finish making us his own children, which means our bodies will be made free.