Romans 8:20

For the creation hath been subjected to vanity, not willingly, but on account of him who subjected her, upon the hope

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,

In Context

19For the whole creation hopeth and waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of Aloha.

21that the creation herself also shall be made free from the servitude of corruption into the liberty of the glory of the sons of Aloha.

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Cross References

Romans 8:22For we know that all creatures groan and travail until this day;

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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