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18 For I consider that the sufferings of the present time are not worthy to the glory destined to be revealed to[a] us.

Creation Itself Groans To Share In Our Glory

19 For the eager-expectation of the creation is awaiting[b] the revelation of the sons of God. 20 For the creation was subjected to futility[c]— not willingly[d], but because of the One having subjected it— in hope[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 8:18 Or, for, in.
  2. Romans 8:19 Or, eagerly-awaiting.
  3. Romans 8:20 Or, purposelessness, pointlessness.
  4. Romans 8:20 Or, not of its own will, again personifying creation.
  5. Romans 8:20 That is, in the hope granted to it that. This hope results in the eager expectation of v 19. Or, subjected it in the expectation that the creation. Or, subjected it in hope, because the creation (making this the only place in the Bible where ‘hope’ has God as the subject).

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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