Rom 8:19 | RWP | e4.org | The earnest expectation of creation ( η αποκαραδοκια της κτισεως ). This substantive has so far been found nowhere save here and , though the verb αποκαραδοκεω is common in Polybius and Plutarch. Milligan ( Vocabulary ) thinks that Paul may have made the substantive from the verb. It is a double compound ( απο , off from, καρα , head, δοκεω , Ionic verb, to watch), hence to watch eagerly with outstretched head. Waiteth for ( απεκδεχετα ). See on ; for this rare word (possibly formed by Paul, Milligan). "To wait it out" (Thayer). The revealing of the sons of God ( την αποκαλυψιν των υιων του θεου ). Cf. ; ; . This mystical sympathy of physical nature with the work of grace is beyond the comprehension of most of us. But who can disprove it?

‏ Romans 8:19

The earnest expectation of creation ( η αποκαραδοκια της κτισεως ). This substantive has so far been found nowhere save here and Php 1:20, though the verb αποκαραδοκεω is common in Polybius and Plutarch. Milligan (Vocabulary) thinks that Paul may have made the substantive from the verb. It is a double compound ( απο, off from, καρα, head, δοκεω, Ionic verb, to watch), hence to watch eagerly with outstretched head.

Waiteth for ( απεκδεχετα ). See on 1Co 1:7; Ga 5:5 for this rare word (possibly formed by Paul, Milligan). "To wait it out" (Thayer).

The revealing of the sons of God ( την αποκαλυψιν των υιων του θεου ). Cf. 1Jo 3:2; 2Th 2:8; Col 3:4. This mystical sympathy of physical nature with the work of grace is beyond the comprehension of most of us. But who can disprove it?