- *mataiotēti*
- dative feminine singular - futility
- *ktisis*
- nominative feminine singular - creation
- *hypetagē*
- aorist passive indicative 3rd person singular - was subjected
- *ouch*
- negative particle - not
- *hekousa*
- nominative feminine singular present active participle - willingly
- *alla*
- adversative conjunction - but
- *dia*
- preposition with accusative - because of
- *ton hypotaxanta*
- accusative masculine singular aorist active participle - the one having subjected
- *ep'*
- preposition with dative - upon/in
- *elpidi*
- dative feminine singular - hope