Romans 8:19

19 For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.

Romans 8:19 in Other Translations

KJV
19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
ESV
19 For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God.
NLT
19 For all creation is waiting eagerly for that future day when God will reveal who his children really are.
MSG
19 The created world itself can hardly wait for what's coming next.
CSB
19 For the creation eagerly waits with anticipation for God's sons to be revealed.

Romans 8:19 In-Context

17 Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.
18 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.
19 For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God 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, in hope
21 that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.

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