Romans 8:22

For we know, that all the creatures are groaning and travailing in pain unto this day.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

21in the hope, that also the creation itself would be emancipated from the bondage of corruption, into the liberty of the glory of the sons of God.

23And not only they, but we also in whom are the first fruits of the Spirit, we groan within ourselves, and look anxiously for the adoption of sons, the redemption of our bodies.

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Cross References

Mark 16:15And he said to them: Go ye into all the world, and proclaim my tidings in the whole creation.

Romans 8:20For the creation was subjected to vanity, not by its own choice, but because of him who subjected it,

Revelation 12:2And, being with child, she cried, and travailed, and had the pangs of bringing 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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