Romans 8:20
For God allowed the purpose of creation to be frustrated.
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19All of creation is patiently waiting, longing for God to reveal his children.
Cross References
Genesis 5:29He named him Noah, with the explanation, “He will provide relief for us from all the hard manual labor we need to do in cultivating the ground the Lord has cursed.”
Job 12:6Robbers live in peace, and those who make God angry live in safety, trusting their own strength as their ‘god.’
Isaiah 24:5The earth is polluted by its people; they have flouted God's laws, violated his regulations, and broken the eternal agreement with him.
Jeremiah 12:11They have made it into a desert; it mourns before me, lying desolate. The whole country is a wasteland, but no one cares.
Hosea 4:3As a result the land dries up, and everyone who lives there is wasting away, along with the wild animals and the birds of the sky and the fish of the sea—they are all dying.
Romans 8:22We know that all creation groans with longing, suffering birth-pains even up till now.
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 →