19 For the creation eagerly waits with anticipation(A) for God’s sons(B) to be revealed. 20 For the creation was subjected(C) to futility(D)—not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it(E)—in the hope 21 that the creation itself(F) will also be set free from the bondage of corruption into the glorious freedom of God’s children.

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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)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 8:21 Or subjected it in hope. 21 For