A moment in scripture

Romans 8:20

"

For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,

"
Romans 8:20Read chapter (KJV) KJV

The surrounding passage

  1. Romans 8:18

    For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

  2. Romans 8:19

    For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.

  3. Romans 8:21

    Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

  4. Romans 8:22

    For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.

Read all of Romans 8 →

Download verse card

Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.