Romans 8:20-22

Young's Literal Translation

²⁰for to vanity was the creation made subject -- not of its will, but because of Him who did subject [it] -- in hope,

²¹that also the creation itself shall be set free from the servitude of the corruption to the liberty of the glory of the children of God;

²²for we have known that all the creation doth groan together, and doth travail in pain together till now.

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Romans 8:20-22

New International Version

²⁰For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it,^(A) in hope ²¹that^[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)

²²We 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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