Romans 8:23
And not nature only; but we ourselves also, though we have already a first gift of the Spirit – we ourselves are inwardly groaning, while we eagerly await our full adoption as sons – the redemption of our bodies.
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In Context
22We know, indeed, that all nature alike has been groaning in the pains of labor to this very hour.
Cross References
Luke 21:28And, when these things begin to occur, look upwards and lift your heads, for your deliverance will be at hand.”
Romans 7:24Miserable man that I am! Who will deliver me from the body that is bringing me to this death?
Romans 8:19All nature awaits with eager expectation the appearing of the sons of God.
2 Corinthians 5:2Even while in our present body we sigh, longing to put over it our heavenly house,
Galatians 5:5For we, by the help of the Spirit, are eagerly waiting for the fulfillment of our hope – that we may be pronounced righteous as the result of faith.
Ephesians 1:14And the Spirit is a pledge of our future heritage, foreshadowing the full redemption of God’s own people – to enhance his glory.
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 →