that the creation itself also will be set free from bondage to decay into the glorious freedom of the children of God.
Heaven must receive Him, until the time of the restoration of all the things that God spoke about long ago through the mouth of His holy prophets.
For the creation eagerly awaits the revelation of the sons of God.
And those whom He predestined, He also called; and those whom He called, He also justified; and those whom He justified, He also glorified.
So also is the resurrection of the dead: Sown in corruption, raised in incorruption!
Now this phrase, “Yet once more,” shows the removal of those things that are shaken—that is, created things—so that what cannot be shaken may remain.
But in keeping with His promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.