Pentecost Season · Pentecost Sunday: Vigil · Year C
Romans 8:22-27
Future Glory
June 4, 2028
Overview & Insights
“The sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.” (Romans 8:18)
1. Suffering/glory (8:18) 2. Three groanings (8:19–27) a. Creation groans (hope for the revelation of the children of God) (8:19–22) b. Believers groan (firstfruits of the Spirit / by hope we were saved) (8:23–25) c. The Spirit groans (the Spirit helps us in our weaknesses) (8:26–27) 3. Suffering/glory (8:28–30)1 Each of these points—suffering/glory, the groaning of creation, the groaning of Christians, and the groaning of the Spirit—includes blessings of the age to come and the new covenant that have already dawned for Christians but are not yet complete.
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Commentary
Romans 8 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik
Walks through the chapter's movement from no condemnation to the Spirit's groaning intercession.
Romans 8 Resources Precept Austin
Verse-by-verse links covering the Spirit's role in this section of Romans 8.
Romans 8:22 Commentaries BibleHub
Classic commentaries together on creation's groaning and the Spirit's intercession.
Romans 8 (Barnes' Notes) StudyLight
Barnes on Paul's argument that present suffering is not worth comparing to future glory.
Commentary on Romans 8:22-27 Working Preacher
A Lutheran preaching voice on the Spirit as Advocate who groans with and for us.
Romans 8:22 Interlinear BibleHub
Greek text word by word for the Spirit's wordless intercession.
Background & Word Study
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Questions preachers ask
What is creation waiting for?
The whole creation groans in labor pains, and we with it, awaiting the redemption of our bodies; present suffering is nothing beside the glory soon to be revealed.
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