What Does Romans 8:18 Mean in the King James?

For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

Romans 8:18 · KJV

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King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

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THE KEY

The coming glory is weight to be uncovered within you.

THE MEANING

Your suffering in this present time is real, but it cannot measure the weight of the glory that will be uncovered in you. This verse gives present pain no authority to define what is coming into view.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

The lie that what hurts now defines the full measure of your life.

THE ROOT

ἀποκαλυφθῆναι

apokalyphthēnai

GROWS FROM

ἀποκαλύπτω

apokalyptō

To uncover or disclose; formed from ⁨ἀπό⁩ (apo, away) and ⁨καλύπτω⁩ (kalýptō, cover).

The verb means to uncover what is covered. The glory, ⁨δόξα⁩ (doxa), weight, is revealed “in us,” so the verse pictures its arrival as disclosure within, not something merely held at a distance.

ALSO GROWS

kalýptō: To cover or conceal.

καλύπτω

It names what the word for “revealed” opens: what is covered comes into view.

apokálypsis: An uncovering or disclosure.

ἀποκάλυψις

This noun shares the same word family and makes the verse’s movement from hiddenness to disclosure visible.

THE PATTERN

Present suffering cannot set the measure of the glory revealed when what is hidden comes into view.

And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

Isaiah 40:5 · KJVGlory is revealed, moving from what is unseen into view.

For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

2 Corinthians 4:17 · KJVPresent affliction is set against a weight of glory beyond its measure.

That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

1 Peter 1:7 · KJVSuffering and tested trust are placed in the light of glory at its appearing.

THE THREAD

For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.

Romans 8:19 · KJV

The Greek word translated “manifestation” is ⁨ἀποκάλυψις⁩ (apokálypsis), from the same uncovering word family as “revealed” in verse 18. The next line opens the image further: the disclosure of glory in you is also a disclosure of who you are.

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