Romans 8:19
For the eager expectation of the creation is waiting for the revelation of the children of God.
Thomas Haweis 1795 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 creation was made subject to vanity, not voluntarily, but by him who made it subject,
Cross References
Matthew 25:31But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory:
Romans 8:23And not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan in ourselves, expecting the adoption, the redemption of our body.
2 Peter 3:11Seeing then that all these things must be dissolved, what manner of persons ought we to be in a course of holy conduct and acts of piety,
Revelation 21:1AND I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
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 →