Reference: Creature
Easton
denotes the whole creation in Ro 8:39; Col 1:15; Re 5:13; the whole human race in Mr 16:15; Ro 8:19-22.
The living creatures in Eze 10:15,17, are imaginary beings, symbols of the Divine attributes and operations.
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And he said to them: Go into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
For the earnest expectation of the creature waits for the revelation of the sons of God. For the creature was subject to frailty, (not by its own will, but for his sake who subjected it,) read more. in hope, that even the creature itself shall be made free from the bondage of corruption, and introduced into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that every creature groans, and is in pain together, till now:
nor hight, nor depth, nor any other creature, will be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. SECTION THIRD. God's Dealings with Israel as a People,
who is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of every creature;
And every creature that is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are on the sea, even all that are in them, I heard saying: To him that sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, be blessing and honor and glory and strength from age to age.
Hastings
In AV 'creature' is used in the general (and original) sense of 'what is created.' Thus 2Co 5:17 'if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature'; 1Ti 4:4 'for every creature of God is good.' In Ro 8:19-21 it is not merely living creatures in the modern use of the word that wait for deliverance, but the whole creation of God (as AV itself has it in Ro 8:22).
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For the earnest expectation of the creature waits for the revelation of the sons of God. For the creature was subject to frailty, (not by its own will, but for his sake who subjected it,) read more. in hope, that even the creature itself shall be made free from the bondage of corruption, and introduced into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that every creature groans, and is in pain together, till now:
So, then, if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it be received with thanksgiving;