“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.”
I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. — The σταθμάω (stathmāō, "weigh/compare") reveals the disproportion: present σάθηνος (pathēnos, "sufferings") are momentary and light (ἐλαφρός, elaphrós) compared to the future δόξα (doxa, "glory") soon to be revealed (ἀποκαλύπτω, apokalyptō) in the believers. The eschatological perspective radically revalues present suffering.
Church Fathers on Romans 8:18
“The sufferings of the present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in (Gr. εἰς) us.” In what went before, he requires of the spiritual man the correcting of his habits , where he says, “You are not debtors to live after the flesh,” that such an one, for instance, should be above lust, anger, money, vainglory, grudging. But here having reminded them of the whole gift, both as given and as to come, and raised him up aloft with hopes, and…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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