that creation itself would be set free from its servitude to decay and brought into the freedom of the glory of God’s children.
In context
19Creation waits with its neck stretched out for the sons of God to be revealed. 20Creation was made subject to futility—not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who made it subject—in hope 21that creation itself would be set free from its servitude to decay and brought into the freedom of the glory of God’s children. 22We know that the whole of creation has been groaning together, in labor together, until now. 23And not only creation: we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait to be made sons—waiting for the redemption of our bodies.
