Romans 8:20

Easy To Read Version

Everything God made was changed to be like it was worth nothing. It did not want to change, but God decided to change it. But there was this hope:

Cross References

Genesis 5:29

Lamech named his son Noah. [36] Lamech said, “We work very hard as farmers because God cursed the ground. But Noah will bring us rest.”

Genesis 6:13

So God said to Noah, “All people have filled the earth with anger and violence. So I will destroy all living things. I will remove them from the earth.

Psalm 39:5

Lord, you gave me only a short life. {\cf2\super [236]} \par My short life is nothing,\par compared to you.\par Every person’s life is only like a cloud\par \{that quickly disappears\}.\par No person lives forever! {\cf2\super [237]} \par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [238]})\i0 \par

Ecclesiastes 1:2

Everything is so meaningless. The Teacher says that it is all a waste of time! {\cf2\super [1]}

Jeremiah 12:11

They changed my field to a desert.\par It is dry and dead.\par No people live there.\par The whole country is an empty desert.\par There is no person left to care for that field.\par

Jeremiah 12:4

How much longer will the land be dry?\par How long will the grass be dry and dead?\par The animals and birds in the land have died,\par And it is the fault of the wicked people.\par Yet those wicked people are saying,\par “Jeremiah will not live long enough\par to see what happens to us.”\par

Hosea 4:3

So the country is like a person crying for the dead, and all of its people are weak. Even the animals of the field, the birds of the sky, and the fish in the sea are dying. {\cf2\super [33]}

Joel 1:18

The animals \{are hungry and\} groaning. The herds of cattle wander around, confused. They have no grass to eat. The sheep are dying. {\cf2\super [9]}

Romans 8:22

We know that everything God made has been waiting until now in pain like a woman ready to give birth to a child.

Romans 8:24

We were saved, and we have this hope. If we can see what we are waiting for, then that is not really hope. People don’t hope for something they already have.