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21. ὅτι καὶ αὐτὴ ἡ κτ. Not man only but the natural creation with him will be set free.
τῆς δ. τῆς φθ. = τῆς ματαιότητος. N. the echo, but in a different sense, in 2Pe 2:19. φθορά, in St Paul chiefly or always physical, in 2 Pet. generally moral, occurs only in Ro., 1 Co., Gal., Col. and 2 Peter.
ἐλευθερία. Cf. Gal 4:23 f.
τῆς δόξης τ. τ. τ. θ. δόξα almost = ἀποκάλυψις, but describes the character revealed rather than the process of revealing: = the true character manifested fully, )[162] φθορά 1Co 15:42.
[162] )( opposed to
τέκνων, ‘children,’ as one in character with GOD in Christ, of. above 17.