Romans 8:19
For the earnest expectation of the creature waits for the revelation of the sons of God.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
In Context
20For the creature was subject to frailty, (not by its own will, but for his sake who subjected it,)
Cross References
Matthew 25:31When the Son of man shall come in his own glory, and all the holy angels with him, then will he sit on the throne of his own glory;
Romans 8:23and not only they, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body.
2 Peter 3:11Seeing, then, that all these things shall be dissolved, what sort of persons ought you to be in all holy behavior, and godliness,
Revelation 21:1And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the former heaven and the former earth had passed away: and the sea was no more.
Matthew Henry on Romans 8:18-26
The Believer's Privileges. ( a. d. 58.) 17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. 18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. 19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. 20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath… Read the whole commentary →