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.).
JFB.
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