Romans 8:22
For we know that the whole creation groans and labors in pain together until now.
Updated King James Version
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 it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when all of you dwelt upon it.
Jeremiah 12:4How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.
Mark 16:15And he said unto them, Go all of you into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
Romans 8:20For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who has subjected the same in hope,
Revelation 12:2And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
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 →