King James Version
Romans 8:19 in the King James Version says “For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.” — study this verse from Romans chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.”
Romans 8:19 · KJV
And if children, then heirs; heirs of God , and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“For”
G1063properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
“of the creature”
G2937original formation (properly, the act; by implication, the thing, literally or figuratively)
“of the sons”
G5207a "son" (sometimes of animals), used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship
“of God”
G2316a deity, especially (with g3588) the supreme divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by hebraism)
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