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Connecting Statement:
Paul continues to remind the believers in Rome that sometime in the future, God will change their bodies in a glorious way.
the eager expectation of the creation waits for
Paul describes everything that God created as a person who eagerly waits for something. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification)
for the revealing of the sons of God
You can translate this in an active form. Alternate translation: "for the time when God will reveal his children" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive)
sons of God
Here this means all believers in Jesus. You can also translate this as "children of God."