Romans 8:20
For the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will, but because of him who subjected it, in the certain hope
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19For the eager expectation of the creation waits for the revealing of the sons of God.
Cross References
Genesis 5:29He called his name Noah, saying, “This one will give us rest from our work and from the painful labor of our hands, which we must do because of the ground that Yahweh has cursed.”
Job 12:6The tents of robbers prosper, 1 and those who provoke God feel secure; 1 their own hands are their gods. 1
Isaiah 24:5The earth is polluted by its inhabitants 1 because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, 1 and broken the everlasting covenant. 1
Jeremiah 12:11They have made her a desolation. I mourn for her; she is desolate. 1 All the land has been made desolate, for there is no one who takes it to heart. 1
Hosea 4:3So the land is drying up, 1 and everyone living in it is wasting away; 1 the beasts in the fields and the birds in the sky, 1 even the fish in the sea, are being taken away.
Romans 8:22For we know that the whole creation groans and labors in pain together even 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 →