Romans 8:19

Romans 8:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
• New International Version (NIV)For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God.

Context of Romans 8:19

17If we are his children, we are also God’s heirs. If we share in Christ’s suffering in order to share his glory, we are heirs together with him. 18I consider our present sufferings insignificant compared to the glory that will soon be revealed to us. All creation is eagerly waiting for God to reveal who his children are. 20Creation was subjected to frustration but not by its own choice. The one who subjected it to frustration did so in the hope 21that it would also be set free from slavery to decay in order to share the glorious freedom that the children of God will have.

Romans 8:19 word by word

ἡ γὰρ ἀποκαραδοκία τῆς κτίσεως τὴν ἀποκάλυψιν τῶν υἱῶν τοῦ θεοῦ ἀπεκδέχεται·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• the earnest expectationἀποκαραδοκίαapokaradokia · eager expectationG603
• of the creatureκτίσιςktisis · creationG2937
• waiteth forἀπεκδέχομαιapekdechomai · to expectG553
• the manifestationἀποκάλυψιςapokalupsis · revelationG602
• of the sonsυἱόςuihos · sonG5207
• of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316

Cross-references for Romans 8:19

• Romans 8:23However, not only creation groans. We, who have the Spirit as the first of God’s gifts, also groan inwardly. We groan as we eagerly wait for our adoption, the freeing of our bodies ⌞from sin⌟.
• Philippians 1:20I eagerly expect and hope that I will have nothing to be ashamed of. I will speak very boldly and honor Christ in my body, now as always, whether I live or die.
• Isaiah 65:17I will create a new heaven and a new earth. Past things will not be remembered. They will not come to mind.
• Acts 3:21Heaven must receive Jesus until the time when everything will be restored as God promised through his holy prophets long ago.
• 2 Peter 3:11All these things will be destroyed in this way. So think of the kind of holy and godly lives you must live
• Revelation 21:1I saw a new heaven and a new earth, because the first heaven and earth had disappeared, and the sea was gone.
• Malachi 3:17“They will be mine,” says the Lord of Armies. “On that day I will make them my special possession. I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.
• Matthew 25:31“When the Son of Man comes in his glory and all his angels are with him, he will sit on his glorious throne.
• 1 John 3:2Dear friends, now we are God’s children. What we will be isn’t completely clear yet. We do know that when Christ appears we will be like him because we will see him as he is.

Commentaries on Romans 8:19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19For the earnest expectation of the creature - There is considerable difficulty in this and the four following verses: and the difficulty lies chiefly in the meaning of the word ̔ , which we translate the creature, and creation. Some think that by it the brute creation is meant; others apply it to the Jewish people; others to the godly; others to the Gentiles; others to the good angels; and others to the fallen spirits, both angelic and human…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19For the earnest expectation - ̓́ apokaradokiaThis word occurs only here and in Philemon 1:20, “According to my earnest expectation and my hope,” etc. It properly denotes a state of earnest desire to see any object when the head is thrust forward; an intense anxiety; an ardent wish; and is thus well employed to denote the intense interest with which a Christian looks to his future inheritance. Of the creature - ͂ ́ tēs ktiseōsPerhaps there is not a…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-25Verses 18-25 The sufferings of the saints strike no deeper than the things of time, last no longer than the present time, are light afflictions, and but for a moment. How vastly different are the sentence of the word and the sentiment of the world, concerning the sufferings of this present time! Indeed the whole creation seems to wait with earnest expectation for the period when the children of God shall be manifested in the glory prepared for them. There…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19-21creation: This includes animals, plants, and the earth itself. Paul follows the pattern found in the Old Testament by speaking about creation as if it were a person (see especially Psalm 65:12–13; Isaiah 24:4; Jeremiah 4:28; 12:4). waits in eager expectation for: Just as Adam’s sin brought harm to the whole created world, creation will also share in the blessings God has promised to his people. This hope includes the renewal of the earth itself (for…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 19-2219-22. For, &c.--"The apostle, fired with the thought of the future glory of the saints, pours forth this splendid passage, in which he represents the whole creation groaning under its present degradation, and looking and longing for the revelation of this glory as the end and consummation of its existence" [Hodge]. the earnest expectation--(compare Php 1:20). of the creature--rather, "the creation." waiteth for the manifestation--"is waiting for the…Read the comment

Topics related to Romans 8:19

• Adoption
• Earth
• Holy Spirit
• Resurrection
• Suffering

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Sons of God
• Adoption
• Allow
• Bondage
• Carnal
• Creature
• Enmity
• Fear

Commentaries on Romans 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings