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,

21 Because the creature also shall be delivered from the [e]bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the sons of God.

22 For we know that every creature groaneth with us also, and [f]travaileth in pain together unto this present.

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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.
  5. Romans 8:21 From the corruption which they are now subject to, they shall be delivered and changed into that blessed state of incorruption, which shall be revealed when the sons of God shall be advanced to glory.
  6. Romans 8:22 By this word is meant, not only exceeding sorrow, but also the fruit that followeth of it.

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