²⁹ If you belong to Christ,^(A) then you are Abraham’s seed,^(B) and heirs^(C) according to the promise.^(D)

⁷ So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir.^(A)

⁵ For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ,^(A) so also our comfort abounds through Christ.

⁷ And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings,^(A) so also you share in our comfort.

¹³ But rejoice^(A) inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ,^(B) so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.^(C)