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Romans 8:18 KJV
Romans · chapter 8 · verse 18
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.Romans 8:18 · King James Version
What Romans 8:18 means
Paul isn't making light of the suffering. This is a man who had been beaten, jailed and shipwrecked. He's weighing it — I reckon is deliberate arithmetic — and his conclusion is that what's coming is so much heavier that the present sufferings don't tip the scale.
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Romans 8:18 in context
16The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
17And 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.
18For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
19For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
20For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
Commentary
Cross references
- 2 Corinthians 4:17-18
- 1 Peter 4:13
- 1 Peter 1:5-7
- Matthew 5:11-12
- Colossians 3:4
- Acts 20:24
- 1 John 3:2
- 1 Peter 1:13
Key words (Strong's)
- sufferingspathēmathat which one suffers or has suffered, externally, a suffering, misfortune, calamity…G3804 →
- revealedapokalyptōto uncover, lay open what has been veiled or covered up, disclose, make bare, to make…G601 →
- presentnynat this time, the present, nowG3568 →
- reckonlogizomaito reckon, count, compute, calculate, count over, to take into account, to make an…G3049 →
- worthyaxiosweighing, having weight, having the weight of another thing of like value, worth as much…G514 →
- glorydoxaopinion, judgment, view, opinion, estimate, whether good or bad concerning someone, in…G1391 →
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In these words the apostle describes a fourth illustrious branch of the happiness of believers, namely, a title to the future glory. This is fitly annexed to our sonship; for as the adoption of sons entitles us to that glory, so the disposition of sons fits and prepares us for it. If children, then heirs, Rom 8:17.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-25