Romans 8:20-22 For the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will, but by the will of him who subjected it in hope;

VIN⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁰ For the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will, but by the will of him who subjected it in hope; ²¹ that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God. ²² We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time.