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## For the creation was subjected to futility ##
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AT: "For God caused what he had created to be unable to achieve the purpose for which he had made it" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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## not of its own will, but of him who subjected it ##
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Here "creation" is described as a person who can desire. AT: "not because this is what the created things wanted, but because it is what God wanted" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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## in the confidence that the creation itself will be delivered ##
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This can begin a new sentence and with an active verb. AT: "Because God knew that he would save creation" (see UDB). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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## from slavery to decay ##
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Paul compares all things in creation to slaves and "decay" to their owner. AT: "from rotting and dying" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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## into the liberty of the glory of the children of God ##
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AT: "and he will free them when he gives honor to his children"
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## For we know that the whole creation groans and labors in pain together even now ##
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The creation is compared to a woman groaning while giving birth to a baby. AT: "For we know that everything that God created wants to be free and groans for it like a woman giving birth" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])