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.

Present Suffering and Future Glory

18 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.(A) 19 For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God(B) to be revealed. 20 For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it,(C) in hope

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