Romans 8:19
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Romans 8:19 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Romans 8:19 is a verse from the book of Romans in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Romans 8:19 — KJV
“For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.”
— Romans 8:19 (KJV)
Romans 8:19 in Context — About the Book of Romans
Romans is the gospel argued like a legal brief — Paul's masterwork on sin, justification by faith, life in the Spirit, and God's unbreakable love. Chapter 8 alone has carried more believers through crisis than perhaps any chapter in Scripture: no condemnation, all things working for good, nothing separating us from God's love.
Cross-References for Romans 8:19
“And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: the day...: Heb. between the day and between the night”
Shares key themes with Romans 8:19: sons, god
“And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. moving: or, creeping life: Heb. soul fowl...: Heb. let fowl fly open...: Heb. face of the firmament of heaven”
Shares key themes with Romans 8:19: creature, god
“And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.”
Shares key themes with Romans 8:19: creature, god
“And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.”
Shares key themes with Romans 8:19: creature, god
“And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. Adam: or, the man”
Shares key themes with Romans 8:19: creature, god
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