Romans 8:21

ὅτι καὶ αὐτὴ ἡ κτ. Not man only but the natural creation with him will be set free.

τῆς δ. τῆς φθ. = τῆς ματαιότητος. N. the echo, but in a different sense, in 2 Peter 2:19. φθορά, in St Paul chiefly or always physical, in 2 Pet. generally moral, occurs only in Ro., 1 Co., Gal., Col. and 2 Peter.

ἐλευθερία. Cf. Galatians 4:23 f.

τῆς δόξης τ. τ. τ. θ. δόξα almost = ἀποκάλυψις, but describes the character revealed rather than the process of revealing: = the true character manifested fully,)[162] φθορά 1 Corinthians 15:42.

[162])(opposed to

τέκνων, ‘children,’ as one in character with GOD in Christ, of. above 17.