Romans 8:21
in hope, that even the creature itself shall be made free from the bondage of corruption, and introduced into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
20For the creature was subject to frailty, (not by its own will, but for his sake who subjected it,)
22For we know that every creature groans, and is in pain together, till now:
Cross References
Romans 8:19For the earnest expectation of the creature waits for the revelation of the sons of God.
Revelation 21:1And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the former heaven and the former earth had passed away: and the sea was no more.
Matthew Henry on Romans 8:18-26
The Believer's Privileges. ( a. d. 58.) 17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. 18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. 19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. 20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath… Read the whole commentary →