Romans 8:19
For the anticipation of the creature anticipates the revelation of the sons of God.
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In The King James Version
For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
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Isaiah 65:17For behold, I create the new heavens and the new earth. And the former things will not be in memory and will not enter into the heart.
Matthew 25:31But when the Son of man will have arrived in his majesty, and all the Angels with him, then he will sit upon the seat of his majesty.
Romans 8:23and not only these, but also ourselves, since we hold the first-fruits of the Spirit. For we also groan within ourselves, anticipating our adoption as the sons of God, and the redemption of our body.
2 Peter 3:11Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what kind of people ought you to be? In behavior and in piety, be holy,
Revelation 21:1I saw the new heaven and the new earth. For the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and the sea is 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 →