Romans 8:19
For the expectation of the creature waiteth for the revelation of the sons of God.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
In Context
Cross References
Isaiah 65:17For behold I create new heavens, and a new earth: and the former things shall not be in remembrance, and they shell not come upon the heart.
Matthew 25:31And when the Son of man shall come in his majesty, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit upon the seat of his majesty.
Romans 8:23And not only it, but ourselves also, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption of the sons of God, the redemption of our body.
2 Peter 3:11Seeing then that all these things are to be dissolved, what manner of people ought you to be in holy conversation and godliness?
Revelation 21:1And I saw a new heaven and a new earth. For the first heaven and the first earth was gone, and the sea is now 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 →