Romans 8:19-21
Good News Translation
19 All of creation waits with eager longing for God to reveal his children. 20 (A)For creation was condemned to lose its purpose, not of its own will, but because God willed it to be so. Yet there was the hope 21 that creation itself would one day be set free from its slavery to decay and would share the glorious freedom of the children of God.
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Romans 8:19-21
New International Version
19 For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God(A) to be revealed. 20 For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it,(B) in hope 21 that[a] the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay(C) and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.(D)
Footnotes
- Romans 8:21 Or subjected it in hope. 21 For
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