Romans 8:20-22

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

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5 songs meet this passage

  • Fortress · System of a Down

    resonates with Romans 8:20-22

    Creation's groaning under futility and decay resonates with this picture of devastation, though the song stops short of Paul's hope of future restoration.

  • “Everything you touch surely dies”

    Let Her Go · Passenger

    strains against Romans 8:20-21

    The song's despairing claim that all things decay stands against Paul's hope that creation's bondage to decay is not the final word, but awaits restoration.

  • “Born in this world as it all falls apart”

    Young · Hollywood Undead

    resonates with Romans 8:22

    Paul describes creation groaning under brokenness, the same ache this refrain voices about being born into a fracturing world.

  • “Life's better on Saturn”

    Saturn · SZA

    strains against Romans 8:22-23

    Paul locates the longing for release in hope of redemption of this creation, not escape from it; the song's fantasy of another planet stops short of that hope.

  • Let Down · Radiohead

    strains against Romans 8:22-23

    Paul frames creation's groaning as groaning toward redemption; the song's narrator suppresses that groaning as pointless rather than hopeful.

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