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  • Romans 8:20
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 20 For the creation was subjected to futility,+ not by its own will, but through the one who subjected it, on the basis of hope

  • Romans 8:20
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 20 τῇ to the γὰρ for ματαιότητι vanity ἡ the κτίσις creation ὑπετάγη, was subjected, οὐχ not ἑκοῦσα voluntary ἀλλὰ but διὰ through τὸν the (one) ὑποτάξαντα, having subjected, ἐφ’ upon ἐλπίδι hope

  • Romans 8:20
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 20 For the creation was subjected to futility,+ not by its own will but through him that subjected it, on the basis of hope+

  • Romans 8:20
    The Bible in Living English
    • 20** For the creation became subject to futility not of its own free will, but for the purposes of him who created it, with the hope

  • Romans 8:20
    American Standard Version
    • 20 For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but by reason of him who subjected it, in hope

  • Romans 8:20
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 20 For unto vanity hath creation been made subject—Not by choice, But by reason of him that made it subject In hope

  • Romans 8:20
    King James Version
    • 20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,

  • Romans
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2022
    • 8:20 mwb19.02 5; it-1 1139-1140, 1197; it-2 18, 785; w12 3/15 23; w09 8/15 3-4; w03 9/1 10-11; w99 5/1 5; w99 6/15 21; w99 8/15 29; w98 2/15 17-19; w98 9/15 19; ct 114-119; w97 2/1 13; rs 244; w87 1/1 24; w87 4/15 5-6

  • Romans
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 8:20 w80 1/1 10; w80 4/1 16-21; dt 14; w76 344; w75 584; w73 606; w73 638; ad 788, 1395; li 38, 52, 55; g64 2/8 28; w54 497; w48 115; fd 5

  • Romans
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 8:20

      Life and Ministry Meeting Workbook,

      2/2019, p. 5

      Insight, Volume 1, pp. 1139-1140, 1197

      Insight, Volume 2, pp. 18, 785

      The Watchtower,

      3/15/2012, p. 23

      8/15/2009, pp. 3-4

      9/1/2003, pp. 10-11

      8/15/1999, p. 29

      6/15/1999, p. 21

      5/1/1999, p. 5

      9/15/1998, p. 19

      2/15/1998, pp. 17-19

      2/1/1997, p. 13

      4/15/1987, pp. 5-6

      1/1/1987, p. 24

      4/1/1980, pp. 16-21

      1/1/1980, p. 10

      6/1/1976, p. 344

      10/1/1975, p. 584

      10/15/1973, p. 638

      10/1/1973, p. 606

      8/15/1954, pp. 496-498

      Creator, pp. 114-119

      Reasoning, p. 244

      Liberation, p. 14

  • Romans Study Notes—Chapter 8
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 8:20

      futility: Or “emptiness; vanity; frustration.” The same Greek word is used in the Septuagint to render the Hebrew word heʹvel (literally referring to a transitory “breath” or “vapor”). This Hebrew word appears more than 35 times in the book of Ecclesiastes in such expressions as “the greatest futility” and “everything is futile.” (Ec 1:2; 2:17; 3:19; 12:8) Solomon, the writer of Ecclesiastes, sometimes used this term to parallel the expression “a chasing after the wind.” (Ec 1:14; 2:11) In the context of Ro 8:20, Paul describes a striving without attaining a goal or purpose. However, the hope here referred to is that God will deliver mankind from the “futility” that creation has been subjected to until now.​—Ro 8:21.

      the one who subjected it: This expression refers neither to Satan nor to Adam, as some have suggested, but to Jehovah God. Although Adam and Eve could pass on only imperfection, sin, and death, Jehovah mercifully allowed them to produce children. By allowing this, God knowingly “subjected [the creation] to futility.” However, he did so on the basis of hope through the “offspring,” Jesus Christ. (Ge 3:15; 22:18; Ga 3:16) The sure hope offered by God is that faithful ones will eventually be “set free from enslavement to corruption.”​—Ro 8:21.

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