Romans 8:22

For we know that the whole creation groans and labors in pain together even 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

21that the creation itself will be delivered from slavery to decay, and that it will be brought into the freedom of the glory of the children of God.

23Not only that, but even we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit—even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for our adoption, the redemption of our body.

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:35As long as it lies abandoned, it will have rest, which will be the rest that it did not have with your Sabbaths, when you lived in it.

Jeremiah 12:4How long will the land go on drying up, and the plants in every field wither because of the wickedness of its inhabitants? 1 The animals and the birds have been taken away. Indeed, the people say, “God will not see what happens to us.” 1

Mark 16:15He said to them, “Go into all the world, and preach the gospel to the entire creation.

Romans 8:20For the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will, but because of him who subjected it, in the certain hope

Revelation 12:2She was pregnant, and she was crying out in birth pains, in the anguish of childbirth.

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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