Romans 8:21-23
Good News Translation
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. 22 For we know that up to the present time all of creation groans with pain, like the pain of childbirth. 23 (A)But it is not just creation alone which groans; we who have the Spirit as the first of God's gifts also groan within ourselves as we wait for God to make us his children and[a] set our whole being free.
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- Romans 8:23 Some manuscripts do not have make us his children and.
Romans 8:21-23
New International Version
21 that[a] the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay(A) and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.(B)
22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning(C) as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. 23 Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit,(D) groan(E) inwardly as we wait eagerly(F) for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies.(G)
Footnotes
- Romans 8:21 Or subjected it in hope. 21 For
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