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Verse 20. _FOR THE CREATURE WAS MADE SUBJECT TO VANITY_] The Gentile
world were subject to vanity of mind; but how? _not_ _willingly_, but
by reason of him who hath subjected the same. May we not say...
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FOR THE CREATURE - The renewed creature; the Christian mind. This is
given as a reason for its aspiring to the full privileges of adoption,
that the present state is not one of choice, or one which is...
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CHAPTER 8
_ 1. In Christ; no Condemnation but Deliverance. (Romans 8:1 .)_
2. Flesh and Spirit. (Romans 8:5 .)
3. The Body and the Spirit. (Romans 8:9 .)
4. Sons and Heirs of God. ...
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THE BIRTH-PANGS OF IMMORTALITY.
Romans 8:18. These present sufferings are light beyond comparison, in
view of the glory awaiting us at the coming revelation. The destined
glory is hidden under a flesh...
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THE LIBERATION OF OUR HUMAN NATURE (Romans 8:1-4)...
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For I am convinced that the sufferings of this present age cannot be
compared with the glory which is destined to be disclosed to us. The
created world awaits with eager expectation the day when those...
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FOR, &C. This verse is in parenthesis, save the last two words.
VANITY. Greek. _mataiotes._ Only here, Eph 4:17. 2 Peter 2:18. Here
the meaning is disappointing misery, in which sense the word is
freq...
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Security of the Justified: the Holy Spirit's aid given to them:
Eternal Glory prepared for them: the Divine purpose leads them thither...
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_was made subject_ Apparently, at the Fall. Not that there was no
animal suffering and death previously. God pronounced His creation
"good;" but this "goodness" may mean only _goodness in respect to i...
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The interpretation of the character and obligations of human life,
under the power of the indwelling Spirit, in relation to creation and
to GOD.
(12) If then all this is true, that our spirit in its w...
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In the preceding verses the thoughts worked out in 2 Cor. _l.c_[161]
have been summarised. In these verses the Apostle includes a wider
range of thought, characteristic of Eph. and Col. Man’s present...
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ΤΗ͂Ι ΓᾺΡ ΜΑΤΑΙΌΤΗΤΙ = the purposelessness, futility
which the world of nature exhibits, until the conception of nature is
itself brought under the larger conception of GOD’S eternal
providence.
ὙΠΕΤΆ...
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NOT WILLINGLY— That is, "Not by any wilful act of their own." The
word 'Εκουσα seems here to have the same signification as
εκουσιως, _wilfully,_ Hebrews 10:26 or as the word
θελοντας, 2 Peter 3:5.—_T...
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_ROMANS 8:19_.— I must think, that it was quite to the Apostle's
purpose in this place to point at the common calamities of mankind.
Christians ought not to be uneasy if they are exposed to sufferings...
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_TEXT_
Romans 8:18-25. For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time
are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed
to us-ward. Romans 8:19 For the earnest expectation of...
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For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by
reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
FOR THE CREATURE ('THE CREATION') WAS MADE SUBJECT TO VANITY, NOT
WILLINGLY - i...
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Conciliation-Individual
11 Mortal bodies are such as are dying, in a physical sense. Their
vivification cannot refer to the future resurrection, but to the
present power of God's Spirit to use an...
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VANITY] i.e. transitoriness, frustration: cp. Sir 11:2. HIM] i.e. God:
cp. Genesis 3:17;
20, 21. HATH SUBJECTED, etc.] RV 'subjected it, in hope that the
creation,' etc....
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THE NEW LIFE IN CHEIST IN RELATION TO GOD AND THE SPIRIT
It was shown in Romans 5:12. that condemnation for the _guilt_ of sin
is done away by justification through faith in Christ. The question as
to...
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PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS
ROMANS
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 8
THE *HOLY SPIRIT AND GOD’S CHILDREN 8:1-39
FREEDOM FROM *SINFUL NATURE 8:1-4
V1 Therefore the people who belong to...
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FOR THE CREATURE. — The Apostle gives the reason for this earnest
expectation in the present state of nature; pointing out what creation
_is._ If creation were perfect, and were fulfilling the noblest...
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(18-25) The mention of “suffering” and of “glory” recalls the
Apostle to a sense of his own position — what he had to go through,
and what was the hope that he had to animate and encourage him. A
vivi...
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CHAPTER 18
HOLINESS BY THE SPIRIT, AND THE GLORIES THAT SHALL FOLLOW
Romans 8:12
Now the Apostle goes on to develop these noble premisses into
conclusions. How true to himself, and to his Inspirer,...
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For creation was subjected to vanity, etc. ματαιότης is not
classical, but is often used in the LXX, especially for הֶבֶל.
The idea is that of looking for what one does not find hence of
futility, fru...
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HOPING FOR THE COMPLETED REDEMPTION
Romans 8:18
Creation groans for freedom from the serpent's trail. Like a captive
maiden she sighs to be delivered from the curse which sin has brought
upon her. Th...
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The opening sentences of this chapter show a remarkable contrast with
the previous chapter. From the fearful sense of condemnation we pass
into the consciousness of no condemnation.
Having shown the n...
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For the creature was made subject to (x) vanity, not (y) willingly,
but by reason (z) of him who hath subjected [the same] in (a) hope,
(x) Is subject to a vanishing and disappearing state.
(y) Not...
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THIRD SECTION (8:1-39). THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE JUSTIFIED
BELIEVER.
At the close of the preceding section, the apostle had contrasted the
_oldness of letter_, a term by which he denotes the...
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“ _For the creation was made subject to vanity, not voluntarily, but
by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, because the
creation itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corru...
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NINETEENTH PASSAGE (ROMANS 8:18-30). COMPLETION OF THE PLAN OF
SALVATION, NOTWITHSTANDING THE MISERIES OF OUR PRESENT CONDITION.
In speaking of the full victory gained by the Spirit of Christ over
the...
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_ On the passage Romans 8:18-22_.
In following the exposition of the work of salvation, the apostle
touches a domain, that, namely, of _nature_, where he comes into
contact with the labors of science....
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For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy
to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. (19) For
the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manif...
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The circumstances under which the epistle to the Romans was written
gave occasion to the most thorough and comprehensive unfolding, not of
the church, but of Christianity. No apostle had ever yet visi...
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_THE VANITY OF CREATION_
‘For the creature was made subject to vanity.’
Romans 8:20
It is hardly necessary to say that the creature is creation, as
indeed the Revised Version puts it—this world in...
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_THE HOPE OF CREATION_
‘For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by
reason of Him Who hath subjected the same in hope, because the
creature itself also shall be delivered from...
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20._For to vanity has the creation, etc. _He shows the object of
expectation from what is of an opposite character; for as creatures,
being now subject to corruption, cannot be restored until the sons...
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"There is therefore now no condemnation to those which are in Christ
Jesus" (Chapter 8). He does not here speak of the efficacy of the
blood in putting away sins (all-essential as that blood is, and t...
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FOR THE CREATURE WAS MADE SUBJECT TO VANITY,.... This designs the
vanity and emptiness of the minds of the Gentiles, who were without
God and Christ, and the Holy Spirit, without the law and Gospel, a...
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For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by
reason of him who hath subjected _the same_ in hope,
Ver. 20. _Subject to vanity_] The creature is defiled by man's sin,
and must th...
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_For the creature was made subject to vanity_ Mankind in general, and
the whole visible creation, lost their original beauty, glory, and
felicity; a sad change passed on man, and his place of abode; t...
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VANITY; suffering and abuse.
NOT WILLINGLY; not by their own choice.
HIM WHO HATH SUBJECTED THE SAME; God, by his wise and righteous
constitution of things.
IN HOPE; of deliverance from the evil en...
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FOR THE CREATURE WAS MADE SUBJECT TO VANITY, NOT WILLINGLY, BUT BY
REASON OF HIM WHO HATH SUBJECTED THE SAME IN HOPE....
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COMFORT IN THE MANIFOLD AFFLICTIONS OF THIS LIFE.
The sighing of creation:...
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DELIVERANCE SIMPLY BY GOD'S TRUTH
We come now, in the first four verses here, to the deliverance itself.
Is this to be by means of experience? A mere glance at the verses will
show us it is decidedly...
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Expectation - What do you expect?
Creature - humanity, people of the earth, creation
Wait - patience is waiting
20 All creation - animals and man
Frustrated - not by our choice
By the will of God...
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FOR THE CREATION WAS SUBJECTED TO VANITY, NOT OF ITS OWN WILL, BUT BY
REASON OF HIM WHO SUBJECTED IT, IN HOPE "FOR" -here is how the
"creation" came to such an 'expectant state'.
"SUBJECTED TO VANITY...
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18-25 The sufferings of the saints strike no deeper than the things
of time, last no longer than the present time, are light afflictions,
and but for a moment. How vastly different are the sentence o...
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If these words be understood of the world, and all the creatures
therein contained, then they show the creature's present condition; it
is SUBJECT TO VANITY, and that, either in regard of its insuffic...
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For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but by
reason of him who subjected it, in hope...
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Tertullian Against Hermogenes
from evil, which had been "made subject to vanity; "[113]
Origen de Principiis Book I
The following is the statement of the Apostle Paul: "The creature was
made subjec...
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Romans 8:20 For G1063 creation G2937 subjected G5293 (G5648) futility
G3153 not G3756 willingly G1635 but G235 because
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THE WHOLE OF CREATION IS GROANING IN EXPECTATION OF ITS REDEMPTION.
AND GOD'S PEOPLE ALSO GROAN WITH IT, AS DOES THE SPIRIT OF GOD HIMSELF
ON OUR BEHALF (8:18-27).
In spite of the division necessarily...
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‘For the creation was subjected to frustration (emptiness, vanity),
not of its own will, but by reason of him who subjected it, in hope,
that the creation itself also shall be delivered from the bonda...
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2. GROUNDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT, ATTESTING THE BELIEVER'S SECURITY.
The life in the Spirit involves fellowship with Christ in suffering
and glory (Romans 8:17). The sufferings are present, while the glory...
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Romans 8:20. FOR THE CREATION WAS MADE SUBJECT, _i.e._, by God, in
consequence of the fall of man (see close of the verse).
TO VANITY. It became empty, lost its original significance. This does
not n...
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3. _THE LIFE IN THE SPIRIT OVER AGAINST THE FAILURE OF THE LAW; THE
GOSPEL AS THE POWER OF GOD UNTO PRESENT SALVATION FROM SIN_ .
This chapter is ‘the climax of the Epistle' (Tholuck). The gospel is
a...
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WAS SUBJECTED
(υπεταγη). Second aorist passive indicative of υπατασσω
(cf. verse Romans 8:7).TO VANITY
(τη ματαιοτητ). Dative case. Rare and late word, common in
LXX. From ματαιος, empty, vain. Ep...
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Romans 8:18
The Groans of Creation.
I. In trying to understand the several voices which make up this
chorus of expectation, we must commence with the dumb companion of our
hope, the physical creatio...
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Romans 8:19
The Freedom of the Regenerate Will.
The plain meaning of this text is, that the whole world, conscious of
its disinheritance, is crying aloud for the Spirit of adoption, which
is even now...
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Romans 8:19
I. The groaning creation. We are surrounded by the evidences of a
conflicting existence, a state of being not all evil, certainly;
certainly not all of God. All things about us show the wr...
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This precious chapter reminds us of the description of the land of
Havilah, «where there is gold, and the gold of that land is good.»
Romans 8:1. _There is therefore now no condemnation to them which...
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Romans 8:19. _For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for
the manifestation of the sons of God._
The whole creation is in a waiting posture, waiting for the glory yet
to be revealed.
Rom...
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Romans 8:1. _There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are
in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit._
To my mind one of the sweetest words of that verse is that...
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Romans 8:18. _For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time
are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed
in us._
Paul made «the sufferings of this present time» into a...
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Romans 8:15. _For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to
fear;_
You did receive it once. You needed it. You were in sin, and it was
well for you when sin became bondage to you. It was gr...
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Romans 8:14. _For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are
the sons of God._
Leading implies following; and those who are enabled to follow the
guidance of the Divine Spirit are most assured...
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Romans 8:14. _For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are
the sons of God._
Not those who say they are «the sons of God,» but those who
undoubtedly prove that they are, by being led, influe...
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Romans 8:1. _There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are
in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit._
«No condemnation»: that is the beginning of the chapter. No...
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The words we are about to read follow a passage in which the Apostle
describes the conflict of his soul. It is rather singular that it
should be so.
To catch the contrast, let us just begin at the en...
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Romans 8:1. _There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are
in Christ Jesus,_
Observe that Paul writes «There is therefore,» for he is stating a
truth which is founded upon solid argument....
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CONTENTS: The new law of the Holy Spirit in the believer, giving
deliverance from sinful nature. The full result of the Gospel in the
believer and his security.
CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, P...
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The first four verses of this chapter belong to the preseding one, and
deduce the just conclusions therefrom, that the state of fallen man is
a state of condemnation and legal bondage that he cannot e...
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FOR CREATION WAS CONDEMNED. _Lipscomb_ says: "As a result of Adam's
sin, the whole creation was cursed and fell away from its original
design and became subject to the reign of death." _"Was condemned...
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_For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the
manifestation of the sons of God._
THE EXPECTATION OF THE CREATURE
The Greek for “expectation” is one of those admirable words which
that...
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ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 8:20 When Adam sinned, the created world was
also SUBJECTED TO FUTILITY. One thinks of the thorns and thistles that
accompany work on the land (Genesi
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ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 8:18 Paul began this major section of the
letter (Romans 5:1) by emphasizing the final hope of believers (Rom
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Romans 8:19. EXPECTATION.—In the original a highly figurative word.
Hope stands with head erect, and with eyes fixed towards the point
from which the blessing is expected to come. WAI...
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EXPOSITION
ROMANS 8:1
(_c_) _The blessed condition and assured hope of such as are in Christ
_Jesus. The summary of the contents of this chapter, which follows the
Exposition, may be referred to in...
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Let's turn to the eighth chapter of Romans. Fasten your seatbelts as
we take off.
In the seventh chapter of the book of Romans, Paul has come to the
realization that the law is spiritual. While he was...
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Genesis 3:17; Genesis 5:29; Genesis 6:13; Hosea 4:3; Isaiah 24:5;...
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Vanity [μ α τ α ι ο τ η τ ι]. Only here, Ephesians 4:17; 2
Peter 2:18. Compare the kindred verb became vain (Romans 1:21 note),
and the adjective vain ...
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The creation was made subject to vanity — Abuse, misery, and
corruption. By him who subjected it — Namely, God, Genesis 3:17,
Genesis 5:29. Adam only made it liable to the sentence which God
pronounce...