Romans 8:20
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,”
ὑποτάσσω
To submit, to place under, to be subject to. Hupotasso. Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. Submission is not weakness. It is the posture of security and strength.
ἐλπίς
hope
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ἐλπίς
Hope, expectation, confidence. Elpis. Hope does not disappoint. Biblical hope is not wishful thinking. It is confident expectation based on the character of God.
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κτίσις
creation
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κτίσις
original formation (properly, the act; by implication, the thing, literally or figuratively)
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διά
because of
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διά
through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)
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ματαιότης
futility
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ματαιότης
inutility; figuratively, transientness; morally, depravity
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ἑκών
willingly
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ἑκών
voluntary
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