Romans 8:20

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^8:20For the creation was subjected to futility—not willingly but because of God²⁴ who subjected it—in hope

24 Grk “because of the one”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope

For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope

For the creation was subjected to futility—not willingly, but because of him who subjected it—in the hope

Against its will, all creation was subjected to God’s curse. But with eager hope,

For the creation has been subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of the one who subjected it, in hope

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

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