21Because 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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And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: …
Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-25)In these words the apostle describes a fourth illustrious branch of the happiness of believers, namely, a title to the future glory. This is fitly annexed to our sonship; for as the adoption of sons entitles us to that glory, so the disposition of sons fits and prepares us for it. If children, then heirs , Rom. 8:17. In earthly inheritances this rule does not hold, only the first-born are heirs; b…
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