Romans 8:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For every living thing was put under the power of change, not by its desire, but by him who made it so, in hope

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  • Gen 3:17-19 : 17 And to Adam he said, Because you gave ear to the voice of your wife and took of the fruit of the tree which I said you were not to take, the earth is cursed on your account; in pain you will get your food from it all your life. 18 Thorns and waste plants will come up, and the plants of the field will be your food; 19 With the hard work of your hands you will get your bread till you go back to the earth from which you were taken: for dust you are and to the dust you will go back.
  • Gen 5:29 : 29 And he gave him the name of Noah, saying, Truly, he will give us rest from our trouble and the hard work of our hands, because of the earth which was cursed by God.
  • Gen 6:13 : 13 And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh has come; the earth is full of their violent doings, and now I will put an end to them with the earth.
  • Job 12:6-9 : 6 There is wealth in the tents of those who make destruction, and those by whom God is moved to wrath are safe; even those whose god is their strength. 7 But put now a question to the beasts, and get teaching from them; or to the birds of the heaven, and they will make it clear to you; 8 Or to the things which go flat on the earth, and they will give you wisdom; and the fishes of the sea will give you news of it. 9 Who does not see by all these that the hand of the Lord has done this? 10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all flesh of man.
  • Eccl 1:2 : 2 All is to no purpose, said the Preacher, all the ways of man are to no purpose.
  • Isa 24:5-6 : 5 The earth has been made unclean by those living in it; because the laws have not been kept by them, the orders have been changed, and the eternal agreement has been broken. 6 For this cause the earth is given up to the curse, and those in it are judged as sinners: for this cause those living on the earth are burned up, and the rest are small in number.
  • Jer 12:4 : 4 How long will the land have grief, and the plants of all the land be dry? because of the sins of the people living in it, destruction has overtaken the beasts and the birds; because they said, God does not see our ways.
  • Jer 12:11 : 11 They have made it waste; it is weeping to me, being wasted; all the land is made waste, because no man takes it to heart.
  • Jer 14:5-6 : 5 And the roe, giving birth in the field, lets her young one be uncared for, because there is no grass. 6 And the asses of the field on the open hilltops are opening their mouths wide like jackals to get air; their eyes are hollow because there is no grass.
  • Hos 4:3 : 3 Because of this the land will be dry, and everyone living in it will be wasted away, with the beasts of the field and the birds of heaven; even the fishes of the sea will be taken away.
  • Joel 1:18 : 18 What sounds of pain come from the beasts! the herds of cattle are at a loss because there is no grass for them; even the flocks of sheep are no longer to be seen.
  • Rom 8:22 : 22 For we are conscious that all living things are weeping and sorrowing in pain together till now.

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  • Rom 8:21-25
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    21That all living things will be made free from the power of death and will have a part with the free children of God in glory.

    22For we are conscious that all living things are weeping and sorrowing in pain together till now.

    23And not only so, but we who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we have sorrow in our minds, waiting for the time when we will take our place as sons, that is, the salvation of our bodies.

    24For our salvation is by hope: but hope which is seen is not hope: for who is hoping for what he sees?

    25But if we have hope for that which we see not, then we will be able to go on waiting for it.

  • Rom 8:17-19
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    17And if we are children, we have a right to a part in the heritage; a part in the things of God, together with Christ; so that if we have a part in his pain, we will in the same way have a part in his glory.

    18I am of the opinion that there is no comparison between the pain of this present time and the glory which we will see in the future.

    19For the strong desire of every living thing is waiting for the revelation of the sons of God.

  • Rom 1:23-26
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    23And by them the glory of the eternal God was changed and made into the image of man who is not eternal, and of birds and beasts and things which go on the earth.

    24For this reason God gave them up to the evil desires of their hearts, working shame in their bodies with one another:

    25Because by them the true word of God was changed into that which is false, and they gave worship and honour to the thing which is made, and not to him who made it, to whom be blessing for ever. So be it.

    26For this reason God gave them up to evil passions, and their women were changing the natural use into one which is unnatural:

  • Rom 1:19-21
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    19Because the knowledge of God may be seen in them, God having made it clear to them.

    20For from the first making of the world, those things of God which the eye is unable to see, that is, his eternal power and existence, are fully made clear, he having given the knowledge of them through the things which he has made, so that men have no reason for wrongdoing:

    21Because, having the knowledge of God, they did not give glory to God as God, and did not give praise, but their minds were full of foolish things, and their hearts, being without sense, were made dark.

  • Phil 3:21
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    21By whom this poor body of ours will be changed into the image of the body of his glory, in the measure of the working by which he is able to put all things under himself.

  • Heb 2:5
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    5For he did not make the angels rulers over the world to come, of which I am writing.

  • Heb 2:7-8
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    7You made him a little lower than the angels; you gave him a crown of glory and honour, and made him ruler over all the works of your hands:

    8You put all things under his feet. For in making man the ruler over all things, God did not put anything outside his authority; though we do not see everything under him now.

  • Ps 8:5-7
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    5For you have made him only a little lower than the gods, crowning him with glory and honour.

    6You have made him ruler over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet;

    7All sheep and oxen, and all the beasts of the field;

  • Jas 1:18
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    18Of his purpose he gave us being, by his true word, so that we might be, in a sense, the first-fruits of all the things which he had made.

  • 2 Pet 2:19
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    19Saying that they will be free, while they themselves are the servants of destruction; because whatever gets the better of a man makes a servant of him.

  • 1 Cor 15:27-28
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    27For, as it says, He has put all things under his feet. But when he says, All things are put under him, it is clear that it is not said about him who put all things under him.

    28And when all things have been put under him, then will the Son himself be under him who put all things under him, so that God may be all in all.

  • Rom 9:22-23
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    22What if God, desiring to let his wrath and his power be seen, for a long time put up with the vessels of wrath which were ready for destruction:

    23And to make clear the wealth of his glory to vessels of mercy, which he had before made ready for glory,

  • Rom 15:4
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    4Now those things which were put down in writing before our time were for our learning, so that through quiet waiting and through the comfort of the holy Writings we might have hope.

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

  • Eph 2:10
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    10For by his act we were given existence in Christ Jesus to do those good works which God before made ready for us so that we might do them.

  • 2 Cor 5:4-5
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    4For truly, we who are in this tent do give out cries of weariness, for the weight of care which is on us; not because we are desiring to be free from the body, but so that we may have our new body, and death may be overcome by life.

    5Now he who has made us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a witness of what is to come.

  • Rom 8:29
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    29Because those of whom he had knowledge before they came into existence, were marked out by him to be made like his Son, so that he might be the first among a band of brothers:

  • Gal 4:3
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    3So we, when we were young, were kept under the first rules of the world;

  • 2 Pet 2:12
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    12But these men, like beasts without reason, whose natural use is to be taken and put to death, crying out against things of which they have no knowledge, will undergo that same destruction which they are designing for others;

  • Rom 9:20
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    20But, O man, who are you, to make answer against God? May the thing which is made say to him who made it, Why did you make me so?

  • 1 Pet 4:19
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    19For this reason let those who by the purpose of God undergo punishment, keep on in well-doing and put their souls into the safe hands of their Maker.

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

    3For what the law was not able to do because it was feeble through the flesh, God, sending his Son in the image of the evil flesh, and as an offering for sin, gave his decision against sin in the flesh:

  • Jas 3:7
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    7For every sort of beast and bird and every living thing on earth and in the sea has been controlled by man and is under his authority;

  • Col 1:16
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    16For by him all things were made, in heaven and on earth, things seen and things unseen, authorities, lords, rulers, and powers; all things were made by him and for him;

  • Rom 6:20
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    20When you were servants of sin you were free from righteousness.

  • Rom 8:8
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    8So that those who are in the flesh are not able to give pleasure to God.

  • 2 Cor 8:5
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    5And going even farther than our hope, they first gave themselves to the Lord and to us after the purpose of God.

  • Eccl 3:10
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    10I saw the work which God has put on the sons of man.

  • Rom 5:4
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    4And waiting gives experience; and experience, hope:

  • 1 Pet 1:20
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    20Who was marked out by God before the making of the world, but was caused to be seen in these last times for you,

  • 2 Cor 5:2
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    2For in this we are crying in weariness, greatly desiring to be clothed with our house from heaven:

  • 1 Cor 11:9
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    9And the man was not made for the woman, but the woman for the man.