Rom 8:21 | JFB | STEP | 21. Because the creature itself also —"even the creation itself." shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption —its bondage to the principle of decay. into the glorious liberty —rather, "the liberty of the glory." of the children of God —that is, the creation itself shall, in a glorious sense, be delivered into that freedom from debility and decay in which the children of God, when raised up in glory, shall expatiate: into this freedom from corruptibility the creation itself shall, in a glorious sense, be delivered (So CALVIN , BEZA , BENGEL , THOLUCK , OLSHAUSEN , DE WETTE , MEYER , PHILIPPI , HODGE , ALFORD , &c.).

Romans 8:21

21. Because the creature itself also—"even the creation itself."

shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption—its bondage to the principle of decay.

into the glorious liberty—rather, "the liberty of the glory."

of the children of God—that is, the creation itself shall, in a glorious sense, be delivered into that freedom from debility and decay in which the children of God, when raised up in glory, shall expatiate: into this freedom from corruptibility the creation itself shall, in a glorious sense, be delivered (So CALVIN, BEZA, BENGEL, THOLUCK, OLSHAUSEN, DE WETTE, MEYER, PHILIPPI, HODGE, ALFORD, &c.).