Romans 8:21

New International Reader's Version

to set the created world free. He didn’t want it to rot away. Instead, God wanted it to have the same freedom and glory that his children have.

Cross References

Acts 3:21

Heaven must receive him until the time when God makes everything new. He promised this long ago through his holy prophets.

Romans 8:19

Everything God created looks forward to the future. That will be the time when his children appear in their full and final glory.

Romans 8:30

And those God has planned for, he has also appointed to be saved. Those he has appointed, he has made right with himself. To those he has made right with himself, he has given his glory.

1 Corinthians 15:42

It will be like that with bodies that are raised from the dead. The body that is planted does not last forever. The body that is raised from the dead lasts forever.

Hebrews 12:27

The words “once more” point out that what can be shaken can be taken away. I’m talking about created things. Then what can’t be shaken will remain.

2 Peter 3:13

But we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth. Godliness will live there. All this is in keeping with God’s promise.

Revelation 21:1

I saw “a new heaven and a new earth.” (Isaiah 65:17) The first heaven and the first earth were completely gone. There was no longer any sea.