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href="/bsb/romans/8.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/romans/8.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/romans/8.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />For we know that all creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/romans/8.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/romans/8.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/romans/8.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />For we know that the whole creation groans together and travails together until now.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/romans/8.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/romans/8.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/romans/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/romans/8.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/romans/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/romans/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/romans/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />For we know that the whole creation has been moaning together as in the pains of childbirth until now.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/romans/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together with labor pains until now.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/romans/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together with labor pains until now. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/romans/8.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/romans/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />We know that all creation is still groaning and is in pain, like a woman about to give birth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/romans/8.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/romans/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />We know that all creation has been groaning with the pains of childbirth up to the present time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/romans/8.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />For we know that up to the present time all of creation groans with pain, like the pain of childbirth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/romans/8.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />For we know that all the rest of creation has been groaning with the pains of childbirth up to the present time. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/romans/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/romans/8.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers together until now.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/romans/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers with labor pains together until now.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/romans/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For we know that the whole creation groaneth, and travaileth in pain together until now:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/romans/8.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />For we know that the whole of Creation is groaning together in the pains of childbirth until this hour.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/romans/8.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/romans/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />for we have known that all the creation groans together, and travails in pain together until now.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/romans/8.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />For we know that the whole creation groans together and travails together until now.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/romans/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> for we have known that all the creation doth groan together, and doth travail in pain together till now.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/romans/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For we know that all creation groans together and travails together until now.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/romans/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For we know that every creature groaneth and travaileth in pain, even till now. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/romans/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For we know that every creature groans inwardly, as if giving birth, even until now;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/romans/8.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />We know that all creation is groaning in labor pains even until now;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/romans/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />We know that the whole creation has been groaning in labor pains until now;<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/romans/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For we know that the whole creation groans and labors in pain to this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/romans/8.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />For we know that all created things groan and are in labor until today.<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/romans/8.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />For we know that every creature groans, and is in pain together, till now:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/romans/8.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />For we know that all creation groans together and travails together until now;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/romans/8.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />For we know that the whole creation groaneth together and travaileth in birth to this moment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/romans/8.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />for we know that the whole creation groans, and labours with general pain even to this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/romans/8.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />For we know that the whole of Creation is groaning together in the pains of childbirth until this hour.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/romans/8.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />For we know that the whole creation is groaning and travailing in pain together until now;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/romans/8.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />For we know that the whole world groaneth, and doth <i>as it were</i> travail in pain together even to this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/romans/8-22.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KIZs4GUMn-g?start=1994" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/romans/8.htm">Future Glory</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">21</span>that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God. <span class="reftext">22</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/1063.htm" title="1063: gar (Conj) -- For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason."></a> <a href="/greek/1492.htm" title="1492: Oidamen (V-RIA-1P) -- To know, remember, appreciate. ">We know</a> <a href="/greek/3754.htm" title="3754: hoti (Conj) -- Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.">that</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hē (Art-NFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/3956.htm" title="3956: pasa (Adj-NFS) -- All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.">whole</a> <a href="/greek/2937.htm" title="2937: ktisis (N-NFS) -- From ktizo; original formation.">creation</a> <a href="/greek/4959.htm" title="4959: systenazei (V-PIA-3S) -- To groan together. From sun and stenazo; to moan jointly, i.e. experience a common calamity.">has been groaning together</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/4944.htm" title="4944: synōdinei (V-PIA-3S) -- To be in travail together. From sun and odino; to have pangs in company with, i.e. to sympathize.">in the pains of childbirth</a> <a href="/greek/891.htm" title="891: achri (Prep) -- As far as, up to, until, during. Or achris akh'-rece; akin to akron; until or up to.">until</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3568.htm" title="3568: nyn (Adv) -- A primary particle of present time; now; also as noun or adjective present or immediate.">the present time.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">23</span>Not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/3-17.htm">Genesis 3:17-19</a></span><br />And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. / Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. / By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/24-4.htm">Isaiah 24:4-6</a></span><br />The earth mourns and withers; the world languishes and fades; the exalted of the earth waste away. / The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant. / Therefore a curse has consumed the earth, and its inhabitants must bear the guilt; the earth’s dwellers have been burned, and only a few survive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/12-4.htm">Jeremiah 12:4</a></span><br />How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field be withered? Because of the evil of its residents, the animals and birds have been swept away, for the people have said, “He cannot see what our end will be.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-3.htm">Hosea 4:3</a></span><br />Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/102-25.htm">Psalm 102:25-27</a></span><br />In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands. / They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on. / But You remain the same, and Your years will never end.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/65-17.htm">Isaiah 65:17</a></span><br />For behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/3-13.htm">2 Peter 3:13</a></span><br />But in keeping with God’s promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/21-1.htm">Revelation 21:1</a></span><br />Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/19-28.htm">Matthew 19:28</a></span><br />Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, in the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-2.htm">2 Corinthians 5:2-4</a></span><br />For in this tent we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling, / because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. / For while we are in this tent, we groan under our burdens, because we do not wish to be unclothed but clothed, so that our mortality may be swallowed up by life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-17.htm">2 Corinthians 5:17</a></span><br />Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/1-20.htm">Colossians 1:20</a></span><br />and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through the blood of His cross.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/22-3.htm">Revelation 22:3</a></span><br />No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be within the city, and His servants will worship Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/11-6.htm">Isaiah 11:6-9</a></span><br />The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the goat; the calf and young lion and fatling will be together, and a little child will lead them. / The cow will graze with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox. / The infant will play by the cobra’s den, and the toddler will reach into the viper’s nest. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/55-12.htm">Isaiah 55:12-13</a></span><br />You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands. / Instead of the thornbush, the cypress will grow, and instead of the brier, the myrtle will spring up; this will make a name for the LORD, an everlasting sign, never to be destroyed.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now.</p><p class="hdg">the, etc.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/romans/8-20.htm">Romans 8:20</a></b></br> For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected <i>the same</i> in hope,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/mark/16-15.htm">Mark 16:15</a></b></br> And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/colossians/1-23.htm">Colossians 1:23</a></b></br> If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and <i>be</i> not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, <i>and</i> which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;</p><p class="hdg">groaneth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/48-6.htm">Psalm 48:6</a></b></br> Fear took hold upon them there, <i>and</i> pain, as of a woman in travail.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/12-11.htm">Jeremiah 12:11</a></b></br> They have made it desolate, <i>and being</i> desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth <i>it</i> to heart.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/16-21.htm">John 16:21</a></b></br> 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.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/mark/13-8.htm">Childbirth</a> <a href="/romans/7-18.htm">Conscious</a> <a href="/romans/8-21.htm">Creation</a> <a href="/acts/7-34.htm">Groan</a> <a href="/acts/7-34.htm">Groaning</a> <a href="/acts/7-34.htm">Groans</a> <a href="/acts/23-23.htm">Hour</a> <a href="/romans/8-18.htm">Pain</a> <a href="/acts/24-16.htm">Pains</a> <a href="/romans/8-18.htm">Present</a> <a href="/romans/8-17.htm">Right</a> <a href="/acts/20-38.htm">Sorrowing</a> <a href="/matthew/17-15.htm">Suffers</a> <a href="/romans/8-18.htm">Time</a> <a href="/romans/8-17.htm">Together</a> <a href="/john/16-21.htm">Travail</a> <a href="/micah/5-3.htm">Travaileth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-8.htm">Travails</a> <a href="/acts/21-13.htm">Weeping</a> <a href="/romans/5-18.htm">Whole</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/galatians/4-19.htm">Childbirth</a> <a href="/romans/8-28.htm">Conscious</a> <a href="/romans/8-23.htm">Creation</a> <a href="/romans/8-23.htm">Groan</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-17.htm">Groaning</a> <a href="/job/3-24.htm">Groans</a> <a href="/romans/13-11.htm">Hour</a> <a href="/romans/8-35.htm">Pain</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-55.htm">Pains</a> <a href="/romans/8-24.htm">Present</a> <a href="/romans/8-34.htm">Right</a> <a href="/romans/12-15.htm">Sorrowing</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/12-26.htm">Suffers</a> <a href="/romans/9-9.htm">Time</a> <a href="/romans/8-28.htm">Together</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-27.htm">Travail</a> <a href="/job/15-20.htm">Travaileth</a> <a href="/psalms/7-14.htm">Travails</a> <a href="/romans/12-15.htm">Weeping</a> <a href="/romans/9-17.htm">Whole</a><div class="vheading2">Romans 8</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/romans/8-1.htm">Those who are in Christ are free from condemnation.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/romans/8-5.htm">What harm comes of the flesh;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/romans/8-13.htm">and what good of the Spirit.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/romans/8-19.htm">The glorious deliverance the creation longs for,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/romans/8-29.htm">was beforehand decreed from God.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">38. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/romans/8-38.htm">Nothing can sever us from his love.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The term "whole creation" encompasses all of nature and the universe, reflecting the biblical view that creation itself is affected by the fall of humanity (<a href="/genesis/3-17.htm">Genesis 3:17-19</a>). This concept is rooted in the idea that sin has cosmic consequences, impacting not just humanity but all of creation. The use of "whole" emphasizes the universality of this condition, aligning with passages like <a href="/psalms/19.htm">Psalm 19:1-4</a>, which speak of creation's testimony to God's glory.<p><b>has been groaning together</b><br>The imagery of groaning suggests a deep, pervasive suffering and longing for redemption. This metaphorical language is often used in Scripture to describe the intense anticipation of deliverance (<a href="/exodus/2-23.htm">Exodus 2:23-24</a>). The collective groaning implies a shared experience of suffering, resonating with the idea that creation is in a state of travail, awaiting restoration. This aligns with prophetic visions of a renewed creation, as seen in <a href="/isaiah/65-17.htm">Isaiah 65:17-25</a>.<p><b>in the pains of childbirth</b><br>This metaphor highlights both the intensity and the purpose of creation's suffering. Childbirth is a process that involves significant pain but ultimately results in new life. This suggests that the current suffering is not meaningless but is leading to a future hope and renewal. The imagery of childbirth is also used in other biblical contexts to describe the coming of God's kingdom (<a href="/isaiah/26-17.htm">Isaiah 26:17-19</a>, <a href="/john/16-21.htm">John 16:21-22</a>), indicating that the present suffering will culminate in a new creation.<p><b>until the present time</b><br>This phrase situates the groaning of creation within the current era, emphasizing that this condition persists. It reflects the "already but not yet" tension of Christian eschatology, where believers experience the firstfruits of redemption but await its full realization (<a href="/hebrews/2-8.htm">Hebrews 2:8-9</a>). The present time is marked by the ongoing effects of sin, yet it is also a period of hope, as believers anticipate the fulfillment of God's promises (<a href="/2_peter/3-13.htm">2 Peter 3:13</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/paul_the_apostle.htm">Paul the Apostle</a></b><br>The author of the Book of Romans, Paul was a key figure in the early Christian church, known for his missionary journeys and theological teachings.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_roman_church.htm">The Roman Church</a></b><br>The recipients of the letter, the early Christian community in Rome, composed of both Jewish and Gentile believers.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/c/creation.htm">Creation</a></b><br>Refers to the entirety of the natural world, which, according to Paul, is experiencing a state of anticipation and longing for redemption.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/groaning.htm">Groaning</a></b><br>A metaphorical expression used by Paul to describe the current state of creation, likened to the pains of childbirth, indicating both suffering and the hope of new life.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/c/childbirth.htm">Childbirth</a></b><br>A metaphor for the process of transformation and renewal, symbolizing the future hope of creation's liberation from its current state of decay.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_creation's_groaning.htm">Understanding Creation's Groaning</a></b><br>Recognize that the current state of the world is not as it was intended to be. The groaning of creation is a result of the fall and the curse of sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_future_redemption.htm">Hope in Future Redemption</a></b><br>Just as childbirth leads to new life, the current suffering of creation points to a future hope of renewal and restoration through Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/our_role_in_creation's_redemption.htm">Our Role in Creation's Redemption</a></b><br>As stewards of God's creation, Christians are called to care for the environment and work towards its restoration, reflecting the hope of future redemption.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_in_anticipation.htm">Living in Anticipation</a></b><br>Believers are encouraged to live with an eternal perspective, understanding that present sufferings are temporary and will give way to future glory.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/prayer_and_intercession.htm">Prayer and Intercession</a></b><br>Engage in prayer for the world, asking God to bring about His kingdom and the renewal of all things, aligning our hearts with His redemptive plan.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_romans_8.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Romans 8</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_chronic_pain.htm">What does the Bible say about chronic pain?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'all_creation_groans'_mean.htm">What does "All Creation Groans" signify?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_pain.htm">What does the Bible teach about enduring pain?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_tourette's.htm">What does the Bible say about Tourette syndrome?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/romans/8.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(22) <span class= "bld">Groaneth and travaileth.</span>--In view of the physical evil and misery prevalent in the world, the Apostle attributes a human consciousness of pain to the rest of creation. It groans and travails <span class= "ital">together, i.e.,</span> every member of it in common with its kind. The idea of travailing, as in childbirth, has reference to the future prospect of joyful delivery. (Comp. <a href="/john/16-21.htm" title="A woman when she is in travail has sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembers no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.">John 16:21</a>.)<p><span class= "bld">Until now.</span>--This consciousness of pain and imperfection has been continuous and unbroken (nor will it cease until an end is put to it by the Coming of Christ.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/romans/8.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 22, 23.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. And not only so, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body</span>. The present unwilling subjection of the whole visible creation to evil is here still more forcibly expressed, and spoken of as being what is known - a subject of experience to all who observe and think; and it is added that this state of things continues still - it is "until now." The yearned-for deliverance has not yet come; and therefore we should not be surprised if we too, the regenerate, while in the body, are not yet exempt from our share in the universal groaning. For we have but the <span class="accented">first fruits</span> of the Spirit as yet, not its full triumph; cf. "the <span class="accented">earnest</span> of the Spirit" (<a href="/2_corinthians/1-22.htm">2 Corinthians 1:22</a>), and "the <span class="accented">earnest</span> of our inheritance " (<a href="/ephesians/1-14.htm">Ephesians 1:14</a>). Its being said that we still wait for our adoption as sons is not inconsistent with other statements (as in <a href="/ephesians/4-5.htm">Ephesians 4:5-7</a>, and above, ver. 14, etc.), to the effect that we are already adopted, and are already sons; for <span class="greek">υἱοωεσία</span> here denotes the final realization of our present sonship, when the sons of' God shall be <span class="accented">revealed</span> (ver. 19). Similarly, our redemption (<span class="greek">ἀπολύτρωσις</span>) is here regarded as future. In one sense we are redeemed already; in another we await our redemption, <span class="accented">i.e.</span> the full accomplishment thereof. It is the consummation called by our Lord <span class="greek">ἡ παλιγγενεσία</span> (<a href="/matthew/19-28.htm">Matthew 19:28</a>), and by St. Peter, <span class="greek">ἀποκατάστασις πάντων</span> (<a href="/acts/3-21.htm">Acts 3:21</a>). cf. <a href="/2_peter/3-13.htm">2 Peter 3:13</a>, and Revelation generally. "Of our body" seems to be added with reference to what has been seen above as to our present "mortal bodies" being both the organs of the lust of the flesh and the hindrances to the proper development of our inward spiritual life. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/romans/8-22.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">We know</span><br /><span class="grk">Οἴδαμεν</span> <span class="translit">(Oidamen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1492.htm">Strong's 1492: </a> </span><span class="str2">To know, remember, appreciate. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="grk">ὅτι</span> <span class="translit">(hoti)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3754.htm">Strong's 3754: </a> </span><span class="str2">Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the</span><br /><span class="grk">ἡ</span> <span class="translit">(hē)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Nominative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">whole</span><br /><span class="grk">πᾶσα</span> <span class="translit">(pasa)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3956.htm">Strong's 3956: </a> </span><span class="str2">All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">creation</span><br /><span class="grk">κτίσις</span> <span class="translit">(ktisis)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2937.htm">Strong's 2937: </a> </span><span class="str2">From ktizo; original formation.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">has been groaning together</span><br /><span class="grk">συστενάζει</span> <span class="translit">(systenazei)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4959.htm">Strong's 4959: </a> </span><span class="str2">To groan together. From sun and stenazo; to moan jointly, i.e. experience a common calamity.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the pains of childbirth</span><br /><span class="grk">συνωδίνει</span> <span class="translit">(synōdinei)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4944.htm">Strong's 4944: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be in travail together. From sun and odino; to have pangs in company with, i.e. to sympathize.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">until</span><br /><span class="grk">ἄχρι</span> <span class="translit">(achri)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_891.htm">Strong's 891: </a> </span><span class="str2">As far as, up to, until, during. Or achris akh'-rece; akin to akron; until or up to.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the present time.</span><br /><span class="grk">νῦν</span> <span class="translit">(nyn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3568.htm">Strong's 3568: </a> </span><span class="str2">A primary particle of present time; 'now'; also as noun or adjective present or immediate.</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/romans/8-22.htm">Romans 8:22 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/romans/8-22.htm">Romans 8:22 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/romans/8-22.htm">Romans 8:22 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/romans/8-22.htm">Romans 8:22 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/romans/8-22.htm">Romans 8:22 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/romans/8-22.htm">Romans 8:22 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/romans/8-22.htm">Romans 8:22 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/romans/8-22.htm">Romans 8:22 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/romans/8-22.htm">Romans 8:22 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/romans/8-22.htm">Romans 8:22 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/romans/8-22.htm">NT Letters: Romans 8:22 For we know that the whole creation (Rom. 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