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19 The whole world is waiting for the time when the sons of God will be seen.

20 The world was spoiled. It did not want to be spoiled, but God allowed it.

21 And it hoped to be free like God's children when they are made great.

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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