Romans 8:19 (WEB)
For the creation waits with eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.
Catechism · 4
"I Believe in Life Everlasting"
“We know that the whole creation has been groaning in travail together until now; and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.” — Catechism footnote: Rom 8:19-23.
In the Old Testament
“Prayer restores man to God's likeness and enables him to share in the power of God's love that saves the multitude.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Rom 8:16-21.
The Creator
“Conversely, the mystery of Christ casts conclusive light on the mystery of creation and reveals the end for which "in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth": from the beginning, God envisaged the glory of the new creation in Christ.” — Catechism footnote: Gen 1:1; cf. Rom 8:18-23.
"From Thence He Will Come Agaln to Judge the Living and the Dead"
“…of this world which will pass, and she herself takes her place among the creatures which groan and travail yet and await the revelation of the sons of God."” — Catechism footnote: LG 48 # 3; cf. 2 Pt 3:13; Rom 8:19-22; I Cor 15:28.
Fathers and councils · 16
Origen
“Now, with regard to these, we acknowledge that they too are “waiting for the manifestation of the sons of God,” being for the present subjected to the “vanity” of their material bodies, “by reason of Him who has subjected the same in hope.”” — editor's note: Cf. Rom. viii. 19–21.
Read the whole comment- Origen, Against Celsus VII.65Book VII
“…for the revelation of the sons of God;” and “the creation was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who made it subject, in hope.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 19–21.
Read the whole comment - Origen, Against Celsus VIII.5Book VIII
“…praises the creature, and sees how “it shall be freed altogether from the bondage of corruption, and restored to the glorious liberty of the children of God,”—such a one cannot be induced to combine with the service of God the service of any other, or to serve two masters.” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 19, 20.
Read the whole comment “Elsewhere, also, the same apostle says: “For the expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 19.
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Gregory of Nyssa
“…is joy among the angels over those who are rescued from sin, (because until now that creation groaneth and travaileth in pain at the vanity that affects us, judging our perdition to be their own loss,) when that manifestation of the sons of God takes place which they look for and expect, and when the sheep is…” — editor's note: Cf. Rom. viii. 19–23.
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Irenaeus of Lyons
“For the creature has been subjected to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope; since the creature itself shall also be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the sons of God.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 19, etc.
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Tertullian
“…which God hath prepared for him and his angels”—having been first “cast into the bottomless pit;” when likewise “the manifestation of the children of God” shall have “delivered the creature” from evil, which had been “made subject to vanity;” when the cattle restored in the innocence and integrity of their nature…” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 19.
Read the whole commentChapter XIV.—The Divine Power Shown in Christ’s Incarnation. Meaning of St. Paul’s Phrase. Likeness of Sinful Flesh. No Docetism in It. Resurrection of Our Real Bodies. A Wide Chasm Made in the Epistle by Marcion’s…
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“…for the manifestation of the sons of God, shall be delivered’ one time ‘from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.’” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 19, 21. Thus there are two senses in which our Lord is ‘first-born to the creation;’ viz. in its first origin, and in its restoration after man’s…
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Jerome
“This, he argues, is the view of the apostle who writes:—“the creation has been subjected to vanity and shall be delivered for the revealing of the sons of God.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 19–21, R.V.
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Ambrose of Milan
“Therefore, also, every creature itself shall be changed by the revelation of the grace of the Spirit, “and shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the liberty of the glory of the children of God.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 19, 21.
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Augustine of Hippo
“The Apostle Paul, again, says, “The heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant;” and mentions that we have received the Spirit of adoption, “whereby we cry, Abba, Father.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 15–23 and Gal. iv. 1–6.
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Hilary of Poitiers
“Because also the creature itself shall be freed from the slavery of corruption into the liberty of the glory of the children of God.” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 19–21.
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Catena Aurea on John
- OrigenCatena Aurea on John
“(Rom. 8:19) So then before they become masters and lords, they need the washing of the feet, being as yet insufficient disciples, and savouring of the spirit of bondage.” — the author cites it
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Hippolytus of Rome
“But this would be in accordance with what has been written, he says: “And the creation itself groaneth together, and travaileth in pain together, waiting for the manifestation of the sons of God.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 19, 22.
Read the whole comment“For (the creature) groans until now, and is tormented, and waits for the manifestation of the sons of God, in order that all who are men of the Sonship may ascend from thence.” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 19–22.
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Cross-references · 40
Cited together in Against Hermogenes Chapter 11.
Cited together in Catechism §671.
Cited together in Catechism §671.
Cited together in Catechism §671.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.32.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.32.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.32.
Cited together in Catechism §671.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.32.
Cited together in Catechism §2572.
Cited together in Catechism §2572.
Cited together in Against Celsus VIII.5.
Cited together in Against Celsus VIII.5.
Cited together in Catechism §671.
Cited together in Catechism §671.
Cited together in Catechism §671.
Cited together in Against Hermogenes Chapter 11.
Cited together in Catechism §671.
Cited together in Catechism §671.
Cited together in Catechism §280.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.32.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.32.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.32.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.32.
Cited together in Catechism §2572.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.32.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VII.13.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VII.13.
Cited together in Against Celsus V.13.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VII.15.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VII.15.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.32.
Cited together in Catechism §671.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.32.
Cited together in Catechism §671.
Cited together in Origen on John 13:12–20 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Origen on John 13:12–20 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Origen on John 13:12–20 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Against Heresies V.32.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies VII.13.