The Groaning of Believers

In Romans 8:23–25, the apostle Paul describes the reality that believers, like all creation, groan under the weight of living in a fallen world. Yet this groaning is not without purpose or hope. As those who have received the first fruits of the Spirit, Christians live in the tension between what has already been accomplished in Christ and what is yet to come. While we wait for the full realization of our adoption and redemption, we are sustained by a hope that is not based on what we can see, but on the promises of God. This passage teaches us how to endure present suffering with patient hope, fixing our eyes on what is unseen and eternal. There are three Realities of the believer’s groaning:

We Groan While Waiting for Redemption (v. 23)
We Groan While Waiting in Hope (v. 24)
We Groan While Waiting with Patience (v. 25)