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# Connecting Statement:
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Paul continues to remind the believers in Rome that sometime in the future, God will change their bodies in a glorious way.
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# the creation itself will be delivered
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You can translate this in an active form. Alternate translation: "God will save creation" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# from slavery to decay
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Here being in slavery to decay is a metaphor for being certain to decay. Alternate translation: "from being like a slave to decay" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# that it will be brought into the freedom of the glory of the children of God
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"Freedom" here is in contrast with slavery to decay. It is a metaphor meaning that the creation will not decay. Alternate translation: "that it will become gloriously free from decay like the children of God" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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