Romans 8:21

yet not without the hope that some day nature itself also will be freed from the thraldom of decay, into the freedom which belongs to the glory of the children of God.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

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 subjected to imperfection, not by its own will, but by the will of Him who thus made it subject -

22For we know that all nature has been groaning and travailing together until this hour.

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Cross References

Romans 8:19All nature even is waiting with eager longing for the unveiling of the vision of God’s sons.

Revelation 21:1Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and the sea is 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 →

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