Romans 8:19

New Century Version

Everything God made is waiting with excitement for God to show his children’s glory completely.

Cross References

Isaiah 65:17

“Look, I will make new heavens and a new earth, and people will not remember the past or think about those things.

Hosea 1:10

“But the number of the Israelites will become like the grains of sand of the sea, which no one can measure or count. They were called, ‘You are not my people,’ but later they will be called ‘children of the living God.’

Matthew 5:9

They are blessed who work for peace, for they will be called God’s children.

John 1:12

But to all who did accept him and believe in him he gave the right to become children of God.

Acts 3:21

But Jesus must stay in heaven until the time comes when all things will be made right again. God told about this time long ago when he spoke through his holy prophets.

Romans 8:14

The true children of God are those who let God’s Spirit lead them.

Romans 8:16

And the Spirit himself joins with our spirits to say we are God’s children.

Romans 8:18

The sufferings we have now are nothing compared to the great glory that will be shown to us.

Romans 8:23

Not only the world, but we also have been waiting with pain inside us. We have the Spirit as the first part of God’s promise. So we are waiting for God to finish making us his own children, which means our bodies will be made free.

Romans 9:26

“They were called, ‘You are not my people,’ but later they will be called ‘children of the living God.’ ”

1 Corinthians 1:7

so you have every gift from God while you wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to come again.

1 Corinthians 1:8

Jesus will keep you strong until the end so that there will be no wrong in you on the day our Lord Jesus Christ comes again.

2 Corinthians 6:18

“I will be your father, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”

Galatians 3:26

You were all baptized into Christ, and so you were all clothed with Christ. This means that you are all children of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 1:20

I expect and hope that I will not fail Christ in anything but that I will have the courage now, as always, to show the greatness of Christ in my life here on earth, whether I live or die.

Colossians 3:4

Christ is your life, and when he comes again, you will share in his glory.

Hebrews 12:27

The words “once again” clearly show us that everything that was made—things that can be shaken—will be destroyed. Only the things that cannot be shaken will remain.

1 Peter 1:13

So prepare your minds for service and have self-control. All your hope should be for the gift of grace that will be yours when Jesus Christ is shown to you.

1 Peter 1:7

These troubles come to prove that your faith is pure. This purity of faith is worth more than gold, which can be proved to be pure by fire but will ruin. But the purity of your faith will bring you praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is shown to you.

1 John 3:1

The Father has loved us so much that we are called children of God. And we really are his children. The reason the people in the world do not know us is that they have not known him.

1 John 3:2

Dear friends, now we are children of God, and we have not yet been shown what we will be in the future. But we know that when Christ comes again, we will be like him, because we will see him as he really is.

Revelation 21:7

Those who win the victory will receive this, and I will be their God, and they will be my children.