Today’s passage is, at times, complicated. And yet, Paul is calling each reader and listener to allow the Holy Spirit to increasingly transform them into the image and likeness of Jesus Christ, for the glory of God the Father. This passage offers us assurance, but it also shows how God often works in and through believers, even when we don’t know how or understand what God is doing. It is, in fact, incredible and encourages us to cooperate with the Spirit to experience and be the glory of Christ!