Romans 8:23
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Romans 8:23 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Romans 8:23 is a verse from the book of Romans in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselve..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Romans 8:23 — KJV
“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)
Romans 8:23 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 8:23
“A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.”
Shares key themes with Romans 8:23: also, spirit, within
“Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.”
Shares key themes with Romans 8:23: also, spirit, even
“Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.”
Shares key themes with Romans 8:23: also, even, within
“When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, was troubled: Gr. he troubled himself”
Shares key themes with Romans 8:23: also, spirit, groan
“Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.”
Shares key themes with Romans 8:23: ourselves, also, wit
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