Romans 8:22

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

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  • Jer 12:4 : 4 How 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.
  • Jer 12:11 : 11 They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart.
  • Mark 16:15 : 15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
  • John 16:21 : 21 A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
  • Rom 8:20 : 20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
  • Col 1:23 : 23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
  • Ps 48:6 : 6 Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
  • Rev 12:2 : 2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delived.

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    25 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

    26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with ganings which cannot be uttered.

    27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.

    28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

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    16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

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    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.

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    17 Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O LORD.

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  • 2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:

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  • 2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delived.

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  • 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free fm the law of sin and death.

  • 5 For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.

  • 4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

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  • 8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

  • 18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

  • 4 For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know.

  • 18 How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.

  • 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

  • 3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:

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    7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;

  • 3 Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.

  • 2 That I have great heaviness and continual sorw in my heart.

  • 8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.

  • 9 What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before pved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;

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