"For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected {the same} in hope," — Romans 8:20

Romans 8:20 · KJV

“For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected {the same} in hope,”

— Romans 8:20

Verse 19

For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.

Verse 21

Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

Romans 8 — Context

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.

For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.

For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected {the same} in hope,

Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. {the...: or, every creature}

Cross References

Genesis 3:17-19

And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed {is} the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat {of} it all the days of thy life;

Genesis 5:29

And he called his name Noah, saying, This {same} shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed. {Noah: Gr. Noe: that is Rest, or, Comfort}

Romans 8:22

For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. {the...: or, every creature}

Jeremiah 12:4

How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.

Isaiah 24:5-6

The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.

Hosea 4:3

Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

Jeremiah 14:5-6

Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook {it}, because there was no grass.

Ecclesiastes 1:2

Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all {is} vanity.