Romans 8:23
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.”
υἱοθεσία
Adoption as sons. Huiothesia. The legal act giving full rights to an adopted child. You are not a tolerated guest in God's house. You are welcomed as family with full rights.
πνεῦμα
Spirit
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πνεῦμα
Spirit, breath, wind. Pneuma. God is Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity, God living inside every believer. He leads guides comforts and empowers.
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μόνος
only so
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μόνος
Only, alone, solitary. Monos. Man shall not live by bread alone. The deepest hungers of life cannot be satisfied by material things. Only God can fill what God shaped.
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ἔχω
having
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ἔχω
To have, to hold, to possess. I have learned in whatever state I am to be content. Contentment is not about having more but appreciating what you have.
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ἑαυτοῦ
ourselves
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ἑαυτοῦ
him- (her-, it-, them-, also (in conjunction with the personal pronoun of the other persons) my-, thy-, our-, your-) self (selves), etc.
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στενάζω
groan
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στενάζω
to make (intransitively, be) in straits, i.e. (by implication) to sigh, murmur, pray inaudibly
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σῶμα
body
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σῶμα
the body (as a sound whole), used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively
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