Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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, etc.).
For, etc.--"The apostle, fired with the thought of the future glory of the saints, pours forth this splendid passage, in which he represents the whole creation groaning under its present degradation, and looking and longing for the revelation of this glory as the end and consummation of its existence" [HODGE].
the earnest expectation--(compare Philippians 1:20).
of the creature--rather, "the creation."
waiteth for the manifestation--"is waiting for the revelation"
of the sons of God--that is, "for the redemption of their bodies" from the grave (Romans 8:23), which will reveal their sonship, now hidden (compare Luke 20:36; Revelation 21:7).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Psalms 96:11-13
Isaiah 11:6
Isaiah 44:23
Isaiah 55:12
Jeremiah 7:20
Ezekiel 10:14
Ezekiel 36:4
Zechariah 14:11
Mark 12:25
Luke 20:36
Romans 8:13
Romans 8:27
1 Corinthians 1:9
Galatians 6:8
Ephesians 1:14
Colossians 1:18
Colossians 3:3
2 Timothy 2:10
Hebrews 2:10
Hebrews 12:23
2 Peter 2:19
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