Rom 8:23, 1Cor 15:42, 49, 52, 1Jo 3:2 | ISV | STEP | However, not only creation groans, but we who have the first fruits of the Spirit also groan inwardly as we eagerly wait for our adoption, the redemption of our bodies.

Romans 8:23

23 However, not only creation groans, ^{▼▼The Gk. lacks groans} but we who have the first fruits of the Spirit also groan inwardly as we eagerly wait for our adoption, the redemption of our bodies.Luke 20:36; 21:28; 2Cor 5:2, 4-5; Eph 1:14; 4:30

1 Corinthians 15:42

42 This is how it will be at the resurrection of the dead. What is planted is decaying, what is raised cannot decay.Dan 12:3; Matt 13:43

1 Corinthians 15:49

49 Just as we have borne the likeness of the man who was made from dust, we will ^{▼▼Other mss. read we should} also bear the likeness of the man from heaven.Gen 5:3; Rom 8:29; 2Cor 3:18; 4:11; Phil 3:21; 1John 3:2

1 Corinthians 15:52

52 in a moment, in the blinking of an eye, at the sound of the last trumpet. Indeed, that trumpet ^{▼▼Lit. it} will sound, and then the dead will be raised never to decay, and we will be changed.Zech 9:14; Matt 24:31; John 5:25; 1Thes 4:16

1 John 3:2

2 Dear friends, we are now God's children, but what we will be like has not been revealed yet. We know that when Christ ^{▼▼Lit. he} is revealed we will be like him, because we will see him as he is.Job 19:26; Ps 16:11; Isa 56:5; Matt 5:8; Rom 8:15, 18, 29; 1Cor 13:12; 15:49; 2Cor 4:17; 5:7; Gal 3:26; 4:6; Phil 3:21; Col 3:4; 2Pet 1:4; 1John 5:1