20 Because the creature is subject to [a]vanity, not of its [b]own will, but by reason [c]of him, which hath subdued it under [d]hope,

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 8:20 Is subject to a vanishing and flitting state.
  2. Romans 8:20 Not by their natural inclination.
  3. Romans 8:20 That they should obey the Creator’s commandment, whom it pleased to show by their fickle estate, how greatly he was displeased with man.
  4. Romans 8:20 God would not make the world subject to everlasting curse, for the sin of man, but gave it hope that it should be restored.

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