{The earnest expectation of creation} (h(8820)apokaradokia t(8873)
ktise(9373)). This substantive has so far been found nowhere save
here and  Php 1:20 , though the verb apokaradoke(935c) is common in
Polybius and Plutarch. Milligan (_Vocabulary_) thinks that Paul
may have made the substantive from the verb. It is a double
compound (apo, off from, kara, head, doke(935c), Ionic verb, to
watch), hence to watch eagerly with outstretched head. {Waiteth
for} (apekdechetai). See on 气Co 1:7; Ga 5:5| for this rare
word (possibly formed by Paul, Milligan). "To wait it out"
(Thayer). {The revealing of the sons of God} (	(886e) apokalupsin
t(936e) hui(936e) tou theou). Cf.  1Jo 3:2  2Th 2:8  Col 3:4 . This
mystical sympathy of physical nature with the work of grace is
beyond the comprehension of most of us. But who can disprove it?