Revealed in us. — Upon us — i.e., reaching to us, and illumining and transfiguring us. The Coming of Christ is always thus conceived of as a visible manifestation of glory in those who take part in it.
Verse 18. _FOR I RECKON THAT THE SUFFERINGS_, c.] If the glory that is to be revealed be the enjoyment of God himself, (see above,) then the sufferings of this life, which, when compared with _eternit...
FOR I RECKON - I think; I judge. This verse commences a new division of the subject, which is continued to Romans 8:25. Its design is to show the power of the gospel in sustaining the soul in trials;...
CHAPTER 8 _ 1. In Christ; no Condemnation but Deliverance. (Romans 8:1 .)_ 2. Flesh and Spirit. (Romans 8:5 .) 3. The Body and the Spirit. (Romans 8:9 .) 4. Sons and Heirs of God. ...
THE BIRTH-PANGS OF IMMORTALITY. Romans 8:18. These present sufferings are light beyond comparison, in view of the glory awaiting us at the coming revelation. The destined glory is hidden under a flesh...
For I am convinced that the sufferings of this present age cannot be compared with the glory which is destined to be disclosed to us. The created world awaits with eager expectation the day when those...
THE LIBERATION OF OUR HUMAN NATURE (Romans 8:1-4)...
RECKON. See Romans 4:4. SUFFERINGS. Greek. _pathema._ See Romans 7:5. THIS PRESENT TIME. Literally the now time or season (Greek. _kairos)_. WITH. App-104. REVEALED. App-106. IN. unto or with reg...
Security of the Justified: the Holy Spirit's aid given to them: Eternal Glory prepared for them: the Divine purpose leads them thither...
_For_, &c. St Paul here follows out the last previous thought, and especially the last word; the prospect of _glorification_with Christ after suffering with Him. He dilates on its immensity and bliss,...
The interpretation of the character and obligations of human life, under the power of the indwelling Spirit, in relation to creation and to GOD. (12) If then all this is true, that our spirit in its w...
ΛΟΓΊΖΟΜΑΙ ΓᾺΡ. The reference to δόξα in Romans 8:17 leads to the consideration of all that is involved in that final and full manifestation of GOD. ΟΥ̓Κ ἌΞΙΑ Κ.Τ.Λ. Cf. 2 Corinthians 4:17 f. ἄξια … πρ...
In the preceding verses the thoughts worked out in 2 Cor. _l.c_[161] have been summarised. In these verses the Apostle includes a wider range of thought, characteristic of Eph. and Col. Man’s present...
ΛΟΓΊΖΟΜΑΙ (G3049) _praes. ind. med. (dep.)_ считать, подводить итоги, ΆΞΙΟΣ (G514) стоящий; сопоставимый, достойный (TDNT). ΠΆΘΗΜΑ (G3804) страдание, ΠΡΌΣ (G4314) основное значение с _асс._ — "рядо...
DISCOURSE: 1873 PRESENT TROUBLES AND FUTURE GLORY Romans 8:18. _I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us_. AN expec...
REVEALED— St. Paul speaks of this _glory_ here as what needs to be _revealed,_ to give us a right conception of it. It is impossible to have a clear and full comprehension of it, till we taste it....
_TEXT_ Romans 8:18-25. For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed to us-ward. Romans 8:19 For the earnest expectation of...
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. FOR I RECKON, [ logizomai (G3049)] - as in Romans 3:28, expressive...
__ Conciliation-Individual 11 Mortal bodies are such as are dying, in a physical sense. Their vivification cannot refer to the future resurrection, but to the present power of God's Spirit to use an...
8:18 revealed (b-23) Or 'the glory about to be revealed.' but the sense is most nearly given in the text. See Galatians 3:23 and 1 Corinthians 3:22 . The emphasis is on 'coming,' in contrast with 'thi...
THE NEW LIFE IN CHEIST IN RELATION TO GOD AND THE SPIRIT It was shown in Romans 5:12. that condemnation for the _guilt_ of sin is done away by justification through faith in Christ. The question as to...
IN US] RV 'to usward.' 19, 20, 21. CREATURE] RV 'creation,' i.e. the irrational creation: cp. Genesis 3:17. St. Paul represents nature poetically, as feeling that dissatisfaction with its pain and fai...
PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS ROMANS _HILDA BRIGHT AND KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 8 THE *HOLY SPIRIT AND GOD’S CHILDREN 8:1-39 FREEDOM FROM *SINFUL NATURE 8:1-4 V1 Therefore the people who belong to...
CHAPTER 18 HOLINESS BY THE SPIRIT, AND THE GLORIES THAT SHALL FOLLOW Romans 8:12 Now the Apostle goes on to develop these noble premisses into conclusions. How true to himself, and to his Inspirer,...
The passage extending from this verse to Romans 8:27 is described by Lipsius as a “threefold testimony to the future transfiguration which awaits suffering believers”. In Romans 8:19-22 there is the f...
HOPING FOR THE COMPLETED REDEMPTION Romans 8:18 Creation groans for freedom from the serpent's trail. Like a captive maiden she sighs to be delivered from the curse which sin has brought upon her. Th...
The opening sentences of this chapter show a remarkable contrast with the previous chapter. From the fearful sense of condemnation we pass into the consciousness of no condemnation. Having shown the n...
(20) For I (t) reckon that the sufferings of this present time [are] not worthy [to be compared] with the glory which shall be revealed in us. (20) Thirdly, that this glory which we look for surpasse...
THIRD SECTION (8:1-39). THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE JUSTIFIED BELIEVER. At the close of the preceding section, the apostle had contrasted the _oldness of letter_, a term by which he denotes the...
NINETEENTH PASSAGE (ROMANS 8:18-30). COMPLETION OF THE PLAN OF SALVATION, NOTWITHSTANDING THE MISERIES OF OUR PRESENT CONDITION. In speaking of the full victory gained by the Spirit of Christ over the...
_ On the passage Romans 8:18-22_. In following the exposition of the work of salvation, the apostle touches a domain, that, namely, of _nature_, where he comes into contact with the labors of science....
“ _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._ ” The term λογίζομαι, _I reckon_, here signifies: “I judge after c...
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. (19) For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manif...
The circumstances under which the epistle to the Romans was written gave occasion to the most thorough and comprehensive unfolding, not of the church, but of Christianity. No apostle had ever yet visi...
_SUFFERINGS AND GLORY_ ‘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 ‘I reckon,’ spoken by one who knew...
_SUFFERING THE PRELUDE TO GLORY_ ‘If so be that we suffer with Him, that we may be also glorified together.’ Romans 8:17 These words had a special meaning and application for the days of the Apostl...
_THE MINISTRY OF SUFFERING_ ‘The sufferings of this present time.’ Romans 8:18 The mention of the necessity of suffering, going along with the love and the affliction that we have in the service of...
18._I indeed judge_, (258) _etc. _Though they take not altogether an unsuitable view who understand this as a kind of modification; yet I prefer to regard it in the light of an encouragement, for the...
"There is therefore now no condemnation to those which are in Christ Jesus" (Chapter 8). He does not here speak of the efficacy of the blood in putting away sins (all-essential as that blood is, and t...
FOR I RECKON, THAT THE SUFFERINGS OF THIS PRESENT TIME,.... By "this present time" may be meant, the then present age, in which the apostle lived; which was an age in which the people of God suffered...
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. Ver. 18. _Are not worthy to be, &c._] Heaven will pay for all; ho...
_And if children, then heirs_ Those that are really the children of God by adoption and grace, are not only under his peculiar direction, protection, and care, and shall be supplied with all things wh...
THE SUFFERINGS OF THIS PRESENT TIME; those which Christians endure in this world. NOT WORTHY TO BE COMPARED; are very small, as nothing in comparison. GLORY-REVEALED IN US; Ephesians 3:16-19; Colossi...
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....
COMFORT IN THE MANIFOLD AFFLICTIONS OF THIS LIFE. The sighing of creation:...
DELIVERANCE SIMPLY BY GOD'S TRUTH We come now, in the first four verses here, to the deliverance itself. Is this to be by means of experience? A mere glance at the verses will show us it is decidedly...
Compare This present time Will be Sufferings Glory...
FOR. RECKON THAT THE SUFFERINGS OF THIS PRESENT TIME ARE NOT WORTHY TO BE COMPARED WITH THE GLORY WHICH SHALL BE REVEALED TO US-WARD. "I RECKON" -'I consider' (RSV); 'It implies reasoning, "I judge af...
18-25 The sufferings of the saints strike no deeper than the things of time, last no longer than the present time, are light afflictions, and but for a moment. How vastly different are the sentence o...
FOR I RECKON; i.e. I make account, I certainly conclude: see ROMANS 3:28. The word is borrowed either from arithmeticians, who by casting their accounts do find the true and total sum; or from logicia...
For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed to us-ward....
Epistle of Ignatius to Mary at Neapolis May I enjoy the torments which are prepared for me, seeing that "the sufferings of this present time are not worthy [to be compared] with the glory which shall...
Romans 8:18 For G1063 consider G3049 (G5736) that G3754 sufferings G3804 present G3568 time G2540 not G3756 worthy...
‘For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed towards us.' Paul now gives the assurance that no matter how great the suffer...
THE WHOLE OF CREATION IS GROANING IN EXPECTATION OF ITS REDEMPTION. AND GOD'S PEOPLE ALSO GROAN WITH IT, AS DOES THE SPIRIT OF GOD HIMSELF ON OUR BEHALF (8:18-27). In spite of the division necessarily...
3. _THE LIFE IN THE SPIRIT OVER AGAINST THE FAILURE OF THE LAW; THE GOSPEL AS THE POWER OF GOD UNTO PRESENT SALVATION FROM SIN_ . This chapter is ‘the climax of the Epistle' (Tholuck). The gospel is a...
Romans 8:18. FOR. This connects the verse with the whole thought culminating in Romans 8:17 (see above), and not with ‘glorified' alone. I RECKON. No doubtful calculation is implied; comp. chap. Roma...
2. GROUNDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT, ATTESTING THE BELIEVER'S SECURITY. The life in the Spirit involves fellowship with Christ in suffering and glory (Romans 8:17). The sufferings are present, while the glory...
TO US-WARD (εις ημας). We shall be included in the radiance of the coming glory which will put in the shadow the present sufferings. Precisely the same idiom here with μελλουσαν δοξαν (aorist passi...
Romans 8:18 The Groans of Creation. I. In trying to understand the several voices which make up this chorus of expectation, we must commence with the dumb companion of our hope, the physical creatio...
Romans 8:14. _For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God._ Leading implies following; and those who are enabled to follow the guidance of the Divine Spirit are most assured...
This precious chapter reminds us of the description of the land of Havilah, «where there is gold, and the gold of that land is good.» Romans 8:1. _There is therefore now no condemnation to them which...
Romans 8:1. _There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit._ To my mind one of the sweetest words of that verse is that...
Romans 8:1. _There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus,_ Observe that Paul writes «There is therefore,» for he is stating a truth which is founded upon solid argument....
The words we are about to read follow a passage in which the Apostle describes the conflict of his soul. It is rather singular that it should be so. To catch the contrast, let us just begin at the en...
Romans 8:14. _For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God._ Not those who say they are «the sons of God,» but those who undoubtedly prove that they are, by being led, influe...
Romans 8:1. _There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit._ «No condemnation»: that is the beginning of the chapter. No...
Romans 8:15. _For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear;_ You did receive it once. You needed it. You were in sin, and it was well for you when sin became bondage to you. It was gr...
Romans 8:18. _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._ Paul made «the sufferings of this present time» into a...
CONTENTS: The new law of the Holy Spirit in the believer, giving deliverance from sinful nature. The full result of the Gospel in the believer and his security. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, P...
The first four verses of this chapter belong to the preseding one, and deduce the just conclusions therefrom, that the state of fallen man is a state of condemnation and legal bondage that he cannot e...
I CONSIDER. "The thoughts of suffering with Christ should not terrify you." Paul gives three reasons: (1) the groaning of creation (Romans 8:19-22); (2) we groan as we wait in hope (Romans 8:23-25); ...
_For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory._ A SUBLIME COMPARISON Men exaggerate the importance of what is close at hand, and diminish the va...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 8:18 Paul began this major section of the letter (Romans 5:1) by emphasizing the final hope of believers (Rom
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 8:15.—The Chaldee and Greek words for “father” are used so as to affect both Jews and Gentiles. “Abba,” like “papa,” can be spoken with the mouth, and properly, therefore, cha...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Romans 8:18_ Is life worth living?—Question much asked by present-day philosophers. What is real answer? _Prayer Book_ says Yes: “We thank Thee for our creation.”...
EXPOSITION ROMANS 8:1 (_c_) _The blessed condition and assured hope of such as are in Christ _Jesus. The summary of the contents of this chapter, which follows the Exposition, may be referred to in...
Let's turn to the eighth chapter of Romans. Fasten your seatbelts as we take off. In the seventh chapter of the book of Romans, Paul has come to the realization that the law is spiritual. While he was...
1 John 3:2; 1 Peter 1:13; 1 Peter 1:6; 1 Peter 1:7; 1 Peter 4:13;...
I reckon [λ ο γ ι ζ ο μ α ι]. See on 1 Peter 5:12. It implies reasoning. "I judge after calculation made" (Godet). Compare Romans 3:28; 2 Corinthians 11:5;...
For I reckon — This verse gives the reason why he but now mentioned sufferings and glory. When that glory "shall be revealed in us," then the sons of God will be revealed also....
Observe here, 1. The nature and property of the saints present sufferings; they are short and momentary; THE SUFFERINGS OF THIS PRESENT TIME. If sharp, they shall yet be short; though great, they cann...