Romans 8:22

For we know that the whole creation is groaning and travailing together until now.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.

In Context

21Because the creation itself will also be freed from the bondage of corruption into the liberty of the glory of the children of God.

23And not only so, but also ourselves who have the first fruit of the Spirit. And we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body.

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:35As long as it lays desolate it shall have rest, even the rest which it had not in your Sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.

Jeremiah 12:4How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of the whole country wither? For the wickedness of those who dwell therein, the beasts are consumed, and the birds, because they said, He shall not see our latter end.

Mark 16:15And he said to them, Having gone into all the world, preach ye the good-news to the whole creation.

Romans 8:20For the creation was made subject to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it in hope.

Revelation 12:2And having in her womb, she cried out, suffering birth pains, and suffering to give birth.

Matthew Henry on Romans 8:18-26

The Believer's Privileges. ( a. d. 58.) 17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. 18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. 19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. 20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath… Read the whole commentary →

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