What part of a believer is already redeemed?
The soul and spirit of a believer are already redeemed through salvation and the new birth, having the first fruit of the Spirit. The body remains unredeemed; it groans awaiting the adoption, the redemption of the body, which will complete the believer's redemption.
Les explains that the whole creation groans under the curse, but believers who have the first fruit of the Spirit are saved—their soul and spirit are already redeemed. Yet they still groan within themselves, waiting for something more: the adoption, that is, the redemption of the body. That future redemption will complete the process, for they have not yet received it all.
And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
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Why do believers still groan if they are already saved?
Even though believers have salvation and the new birth, they still do not have it all, but groan within themselves waiting for something more.