Romans 8:20

American Standard Version (1901)

For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but by reason of him who subjected it, in hope

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  • Gen 3:17-19 : 17 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 toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; 18 thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; 19 in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
  • Gen 5:29 : 29 and he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, [which cometh] because of the ground which Jehovah hath cursed.
  • Gen 6:13 : 13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
  • Job 12:6-9 : 6 The tents of robbers prosper, And they that provoke God are secure; Into whose hand God bringeth [abundantly] . 7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; And the birds of the heavens, and they shall tell thee: 8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; And the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. 9 Who knoweth not in all these, That the hand of Jehovah hath wrought this, 10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind?
  • Eccl 1:2 : 2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; vanity of vanities, all is vanity.
  • Isa 24:5-6 : 5 The earth also is polluted under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, broken the everlasting covenant. 6 Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are found guilty: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
  • Jer 12:4 : 4 How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of the whole country wither? for the wickedness of them that dwell therein, the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our latter end.
  • Jer 12:11 : 11 They have made it a desolation; it mourneth unto me, being desolate; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart.
  • Jer 14:5-6 : 5 Yea, the hind also in the field calveth, and forsaketh [her young], because there is no grass. 6 And the wild asses stand on the bare heights, they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.
  • Hos 4:3 : 3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
  • Joel 1:18 : 18 How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
  • Rom 8:22 : 22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.

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    21that the creation itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the liberty of the glory of the children of God.

    22For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.

    23And not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for [our] adoption, [to wit], the redemption of our body.

    24For in hope were we saved: but hope that is seen is not hope: for who hopeth for that which he seeth?

    25But if we hope for that which we see not, [then] do we with patience wait for it.

  • Rom 8:17-19
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    17and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with [him], that we may be also glorified with [him] .

    18For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed to us-ward.

    19For the earnest expectation of the creation waiteth for the revealing of the sons of God.

  • Rom 1:23-26
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    23and changed the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.

    24Wherefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts unto uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves:

    25for that they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

    26For this cause God gave them up unto vile passions: for their women changed the natural use into that which is against nature:

  • Rom 1:19-21
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    19because that which is known of God is manifest in them; for God manifested it unto them.

    20For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, [even] his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse:

    21because that, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, neither gave thanks; but became vain in their reasonings, and their senseless heart was darkened.

  • Phil 3:21
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    21who shall fashion anew the body of our humiliation, [that it may be] conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working whereby he is able even to subject all things unto himself.

  • Heb 2:5
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    5For not unto angels did he subject the world to come, whereof we speak.

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    7Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; Thou crownedst him with glory and honor, And didst set him over the works of thy hands:

    8Thou didst put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he subjected all things unto him, he left nothing that is not subject to him. But now we see not yet all things subjected to him.

  • Ps 8:5-7
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    5For thou hast made him but little lower than God, And crownest him with glory and honor.

    6Thou makest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet:

    7All sheep and oxen, Yea, and the beasts of the field,

  • Jas 1:18
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    18Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

  • 2 Pet 2:19
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    19promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he also brought into bondage.

  • 1 Cor 15:27-28
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    27For, He put all things in subjection under his feet. But when he saith, All things are put in subjection, it is evident that he is excepted who did subject all things unto him.

    28And when all things have been subjected unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subjected to him that did subject all things unto him, that God may be all in all.

  • Rom 9:22-23
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    22What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering vessels of wrath fitted unto destruction:

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    4For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that through patience and through comfort of the scriptures we might have hope.

  • Gal 5:5
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    5For we through the Spirit by faith wait for the hope of righteousness.

  • Eph 2:10
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    10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.

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    4For indeed we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened; not for that we would be unclothed, but that we would be clothed upon, that what is mortal may be swallowed up of life.

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    29For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren:

  • Gal 4:3
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    3So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the rudiments of the world:

  • 2 Pet 2:12
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    12But these, as creatures without reason, born mere animals to be taken and destroyed, railing in matters whereof they are ignorant, shall in their destroying surely be destroyed,

  • Rom 9:20
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    20Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why didst thou make me thus?

  • 1 Pet 4:19
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    19Wherefore let them also that suffer according to the will of God commit their souls in well-doing unto a faithful Creator.

  • Rom 8:2-3
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    2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.

    3For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

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    7For every kind of beasts and birds, of creeping things and things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed by mankind.

  • Col 1:16
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    16for in him were all things created, in the heavens and upon the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and unto him;

  • Rom 6:20
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    20For when ye were servants of sin, ye were free in regard of righteousness.

  • Rom 8:8
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    8and they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

  • 2 Cor 8:5
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    5and [this], not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God.

  • Eccl 3:10
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    10I have seen the travail which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.

  • Rom 5:4
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    4and stedfastness, approvedness; and approvedness, hope:

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    20who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was manifested at the end of times for your sake,

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    2For verily in this we groan, longing to be clothed upon with our habitation which is from heaven:

  • 1 Cor 11:9
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    9for neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man: