Romans 8:23

And more than that, we ourselves, though we possess the Spirit as a foretaste and pledge of the glorious future, yet we ourselves inwardly sigh, as we wait and long for open recognition as sons through the deliverance of our bodies.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.

In Context

22For we know that the whole of Creation is groaning together in the pains of childbirth until this hour.

24It is *in hope* that we have been saved. But an object of hope is such no longer when it is present to view; for when a man has a thing before his eyes, how can he be said to hope for it?

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Cross References

Luke 21:28But when all this is beginning to take place, grieve no longer. Lift up your heads, because your deliverance is drawing near."

Romans 7:24(Unhappy man that I am! who will rescue me from this death-burdened body?

Romans 8:19For all creation, gazing eagerly as if with outstretched neck, is waiting and longing to see the manifestation of the sons of God.

2 Corinthians 5:2For in this one we sigh, because we long to put on over it our dwelling which comes from Heaven--

Galatians 5:5*We* have not, for through the Spirit we wait with longing hope for an acceptance with God which is to come through faith.

Ephesians 1:14that Spirit being a pledge and foretaste of our inheritance, in anticipation of its full redemption--the inheritance which He has purchased to be specially His for the extolling of 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 →

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