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Romans 8:23 Cross-References
Explore 20 cross-references for Romans 8:23 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Romans chapter 8 verse 23 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.”
Romans 8:23 (KJV)
Commentary on Romans 8:23
And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves (ou mónon, allà kai autoì tḕn aparchḕn toû pneúmatos échontes, kaì hēmeîs autoì en heautoîs stenázomen)—Believers join creation's groaning. Aparchḕn toû pneúmatos ("firstfruits of the Spirit") indicates the Spirit is down payment, guarantee of full inheritance (2 Corinthians 1:22; 5:5; Ephesians 1:14). We have the Spirit now; we await fullness then. The repetition autoì...hēmeîs autoì ("ourselves...we ourselves") is emphatic: even those possessing the Spirit groan.Waiting f...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Romans 8:23
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“from where we also wait for a Savior”
“longing to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven;”
“having been offered once to bear the sins of many”
“to the redemption of God's own possession”
“Jesus Christ;”
“in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.”
“through the Spirit”
“O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?”
“For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.”
“for they are like the angels”