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Was subjected (hupetagē). Second aorist passive indicative of hupatassō (cf. Rom 8:7).
To vanity (tēi mataiotēti). Dative case. Rare and late word, common in lxx. From mataios, empty, vain. Eph 4:17; 2Pe 2:18.
Not of its own will (ouch hekousa). Common adjective, in N.T. only here and 1Co 9:27. It was due to the effect of man’s sin.
But by reason of him (alla dia ton). Because of God.
In hope that (Ephesians' helpidi hoti). Note the form helpidi rather than the usual elpidi and so Ephesians'. Hoti can be causal “because” instead of declarative “that.”