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20 Because the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will, but by reason of Him Who has subdued it, under hope.

21 Because the creation shall also be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the sons of God.

22 For we know that the whole creation also groans with us and suffers birth pains together until now.

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20 For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it,(A) in hope 21 that[a] the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay(B) and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.(C)

22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning(D) as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 8:21 Or subjected it in hope. 21 For