Romans 8:21

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

that the creation itself will also be set free from the bondage of decay into the glorious freedom of God’s children.

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  • 2 Pet 3:13 : 13 But, according to his promise, we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness truly resides.
  • Acts 3:21 : 21 This one heaven must receive until the time all things are restored, which God declared from times long ago through his holy prophets.
  • Rev 22:3-5 : 3 And there will no longer be any curse, and the throne of God and the Lamb will be in the city. His servants will worship him, 4 and they will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. 5 Night will be no more, and they will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, because the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.
  • Rom 8:19 : 19 For the creation eagerly waits for the revelation of the sons of God.
  • Rev 21:1 : 1 A New Heaven and a New Earth Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had ceased to exist, and the sea existed no more.

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    18For I consider that our present sufferings cannot even be compared to the coming glory that will be revealed to us.

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  • Rom 8:22-23
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    22For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers together until now.

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