Romans 8:19 — Greek Interlinear

Church Fathers on Romans 8:19

“For the earnest expectation of the creation waits,” he says, “for the revelation of the sons of God. For the creation was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who has subjected the same in hope.” And the meaning is something of this kind. The creation itself is in the midst of its pangs, waiting for and expecting these good things whereof we have just now spoken. For “earnest expectation” (ἀ ποκαραδοκία, looking out) implies expecting intensely. And…