Romans 8:18 — Our Present Sufferings and the Glory to Come
Romans 8:18-25 · Berean Standard Bible
'I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.' In Romans 8:18-25 Paul weighs today's pain against tomorrow's glory, picturing creation itself groaning as in childbirth while we wait in hope. It speaks directly to anyone enduring a hard season, teaching that hope we can already see is not hope at all — 'we wait for it patiently.'
18I consider that our present sufferings are not comparable to the glory that will be revealed in us.
19The creation waits in eager expectation for the revelation of the sons of God.
20For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope
21that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.
22We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time.
23Not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.
24For in this hope we were saved; but hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he can already see?
25But if we hope for what we do not yet see, we wait for it patiently.
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