Romans 8:22
We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time.
Majority Standard Bible
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 26:35As long as it lies desolate, the land will have the rest it did not receive during the Sabbaths when you lived in it.
Jeremiah 12:4How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field be withered? Because of the evil of its residents, the animals and birds have been swept away, for the people have said, “He cannot see what our end will be.”
Mark 16:15And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
Romans 8:20For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope
Revelation 12:2She was pregnant and crying out in the pain and agony of giving 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 →