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19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
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For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.
20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
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For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope
21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
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that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.
22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
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We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.
23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
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Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies.
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