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For the glorious revelation
Of the sons of God to come,
All the creatures wait, expecting,
That they all may free become.

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All creation groans together,
Subject now to vanity,
Looking for their full deliv’rance
From corruption’s slavery.
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Even we ourselves are groaning,
Till we reach maturity;
We are growing to adoption,
With Christ in conformity.
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’Tis for this the Spirit groaneth,
That to Christ we be conformed;
All things also work together,
That in life we be transformed.
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God will bring us into glory,
We will then be glorified;
Fully saturated with Him,
We’ll be wholly sanctified.
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To the freedom of this glory,
All creation will be freed;
With the kid shall lie the leopard,
And the cow with bear shall feed.
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Heirs with Christ in full adoption,
We’ll His heritage possess,
Glorified with Him as brethren,
God’s full glory we’ll express.