18 [a]For I [b]count that the afflictions of this present time are not worthy of the glory, which shall be showed unto us.

19 [c]For the fervent desire of the [d]creature waiteth when the sons of God shall be revealed,

20 Because the creature is subject to [e]vanity, not of its [f]own will, but by reason [g]of him, which hath subdued it under [h]hope,

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 8:18 Thirdly that this glory which we look for, doth a thousand parts surmount the misery of our afflictions.
  2. Romans 8:18 All being well considered, I gather.
  3. Romans 8:19 Fourthly, he plainly teacheth us that we shall certainly be renewed from that confusion and horrible deformation of the whole world, which cannot be continual, as it was not at the beginning: But as it had a beginning by the sin of man, for whom it was made by the ordinance of God, so shall it at length be restored with the elect.
  4. Romans 8:19 All this world.
  5. Romans 8:20 Is subject to a vanishing and flitting state.
  6. Romans 8:20 Not by their natural inclination.
  7. Romans 8:20 That they should obey the Creator’s commandment, whom it pleased to show by their fickle estate, how greatly he was displeased with man.
  8. Romans 8:20 God would not make the world subject to everlasting curse, for the sin of man, but gave it hope that it should be restored.

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