Romans 8:22
Romans · New Testament · Chapter 8
“For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.”Romans 8:22
What Does Romans 8:22 Mean?
Romans 8:22 is found in the book of Romans, chapter 8, verse 22 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 18 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Suffering.
Cross-References (18)
These passages are connected to Romans 8:22 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Jeremiah 12:4“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.”Romans 8:20“For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,”Jeremiah 12:11“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.”John 16:21“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.”Colossians 1:23“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;”Psalms 38:9“Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.”Romans 5:14“Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.”Genesis 7:21“And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:”Leviticus 18:28“That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you.”Job 15:20“The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.”Joel 1:18“How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.”Mark 16:15“And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.”Leviticus 26:35“As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.”Numbers 22:28“And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?”Psalms 48:6“Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.”Ecclesiastes 1:8“All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.”Revelation 12:2“And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.”Leviticus 18:25“And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.”
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