Romans 8:21

that also the creation itself shall be set free from the servitude of the corruption to the liberty of the glory of the children of God;

Young's Literal Translation

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 to vanity was the creation made subject — not of its will, but because of Him who did subject [it] — in hope,

22for we have known that all the creation doth groan together, and doth travail in pain together till now.

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Cross References

Romans 8:19for the earnest looking out of the creation doth expect the revelation of the sons of God;

Revelation 21:1And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth did pass away, and the sea is not any 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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