Romans 8:22

For we know that all creation groans together and travails together until now;

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

21therefore indeed pursuant to hope, the creature itself shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the liberty of the glory of the children of God.

23and not only so, but we ourselves, having the earnest of the Spirit, and we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption of sons, the redemption of our body.

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Cross References

Romans 8:20For the creature has been subordinated to mortality, not willingly, but through Him who subordinated it;

Revelation 12:2and being in gestation, she also cries, travailing in pain, and suffering to bring forth.

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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