Romans 8:19

For the whole creation is hoping and waiting for the development of the sons of God.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.

In Context

18For I reckon, that the sufferings of the present time, are not comparable with the glory which is to be developed in us.

20For the creation was subjected to vanity, not by its own choice, but because of him who subjected it,

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Cross References

Matthew 25:31And when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all his holy angels with him, then will he sit upon the throne of his glory.

Romans 8:23And not only they, but we also in whom are the first fruits of the Spirit, we groan within ourselves, and look anxiously for the adoption of sons, the redemption of our bodies.

2 Peter 3:11As therefore all these things are to be dissolved, what persons ought ye to be, in holy conduct, and in the fear of God,

Revelation 21:1And I saw new heavens, and a new earth: for the former heaven and the former earth had passed away: and the sea was 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 →

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