Romans 8:21

yet not without the hope that some day nature, also, will be set free from enslavement to decay, and will attain to the freedom which will mark the glory of the children of God.

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Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

In Context

20For nature was made subject to imperfection – not by its own choice, but owing to him who made it so –

22We know, indeed, that all nature alike has been groaning in the pains of labor to this very hour.

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Cross References

Romans 8:19All nature awaits with eager expectation the appearing of the sons of God.

Revelation 21:1Then I saw new heavens and a new earth. The former heavens and the former earth had passed away; and the sea has ceased to be.

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 →

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