Romans 8:22
For we know that every creature groans inwardly, as if giving birth, even until now;
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In The King James Version
For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 26:35in the land of the enemy, she will worship and rest in the Sabbath of her solitude, because she will not have rested in your Sabbaths, when you lived in her.
Jeremiah 12:4How long shall the earth mourn? And how long shall the plants of every field whither because of the wickedness of the inhabitants within them? It has consumed the wild animals and the birds. For they said: “He will not see our very end.”
Mark 16:15And he said to them: “Go forth to the whole world and preach the Gospel to every creature.
Romans 8:20For the creature was made subject to emptiness, not willingly, but for the sake of the One who made it subject, unto hope.
Revelation 12:2And being with child, she cried out while giving birth, and she was suffering in order 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 →