Romans 8:20
But God subjected the created world to aimless frustration [i.e., after the fall. See Gen. 3:17-18] --- it did not happen by its own choice. Yet there was hope
Romans 8:22
For we know that the entire created world moans in painful anguish [i.e., as a woman in childbirth] until this present moment.
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For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
The creature
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The creature
Romans 8:22
For we know that the entire created world moans in painful anguish [i.e., as a woman in childbirth] until this present moment.