8:18 For I consider that our present sufferings cannot even be compared 1 to the glory that will be revealed to us.
1 tn Grk “are not worthy [to be compared].”
2 tn Grk “For this is the word of promise.”
3 tn Grk “About this time I will return.” Since this refers to the time when the promised child would be born, it would be approximately a year later.
4 sn A quotation from Gen 18:10, 14.