en_tn_condensed/rom/08/19.md

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."