Romans 8:19
For the earnest longing of the creation is waiting for the revelation of the sons of God.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
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
Matthew 25:31And when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then will he sit on his throne of glory.
Romans 8:23And not only so, but ourselves also, though we 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 are dissolving, what manner of men ought ye to be, in all holy deportment and godliness;
Revelation 21:1AND I saw a new heaven and a 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 →