Romans 8:18-20

Future Glory

¹⁸ For I consider that the sufferings of this present time _n are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. ¹⁹ For the creation waits with eager longing for _o the revealing of the sons of God. ²⁰ For the creation _p was subjected to futility, not willingly, but _q because of him who subjected it, in hope

1. Cross References
   2 Corinthians 4:17
   For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison.
   1 Peter 1:5 - 6
   Who by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
   
2. Cross References
   1 Peter 4:13
   But rejoice insofar as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed.
   1 Peter 5:1
   So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed:
   1 John 3:2
   Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.
   Romans 2:7
   To those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life.
   
3. Cross References
   Genesis 3:18 - 19
   Thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field.
   Ecclesiastes 1:2
   Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.
   
4. Cross References
   Genesis 3:17
   And to Adam he said, "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, 'You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life.