Romans 8:22

For we know that all creatures groan and travail until this day;

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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 herself also shall be made free from the servitude of corruption into the liberty of the glory of the sons of Aloha.

23and not only they, but we also who have in us the first-fruit of the Spirit, groan within ourselves, and wait for the adoption, the redemption of our bodies.

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Cross References

Mark 16:15And he said to them, Go into all the world, and proclaim my gospel to every creature:

Romans 8:20For the creation hath been subjected to vanity, not willingly, but on account of him who subjected her, upon the hope

Revelation 12:2And having in her womb, she cried, and was in travail, and was pained 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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