creation groans
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19For the anticipation of the creature anticipates the revelation of the sons of God. 20For the creature was made subject to emptiness, not willingly, but for the sake of the One who made it subject, unto hope. 21For the creature itself shall also be delivered from the servitude of corruption, into the liberty of the glory of the sons of God. 22For we know that every creature groans inwardly, as if giving birth, even until now;
22For we know that every creature groans inwardly, as if giving birth, even until now;
19For the anticipation of the creature anticipates the revelation of the sons of God.
12Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into this world, and through sin, death; so also death was transferred to all men, to all who have sinned.
8But all these things are just the beginning of the sorrows.
17Yet truly, to Adam, he said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree, from which I instructed you that you should not eat, cursed is the land that you work. In hardship shall you eat from it, all the days of your life.
22For we know that every creature groans inwardly, as if giving birth, even until now; 23and not only these, but also ourselves, since we hold the first-fruits of the Spirit. For we also groan within ourselves, anticipating our adoption as the sons of God, and the redemption of our body.
10Then the day of the Lord shall arrive like a thief. On that day, the heavens shall pass away with great violence, and truly the elements shall be dissolved with heat; then the earth, and the works that are within it, shall be completely burned up.
17Yet truly, to Adam, he said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree, from which I instructed you that you should not eat, cursed is the land that you work. In hardship shall you eat from it, all the days of your life. 18Thorns and thistles shall it produce for you, and you shall eat the plants of the earth. 19By the sweat of your face shall you eat bread, until you return to the earth from which you were taken. For dust you are, and unto dust you shall return.”
1In the beginning, God created heaven and earth. 2But the earth was empty and unoccupied, and darknesses were over the face of the abyss; and so the Spirit of God was brought over the waters. 3And God said, “Let there be light.” And light became. 4And God saw the light, that it was good; and so he divided the light from the darknesses. 5And he called the light, ‘Day,’ and the darknesses, ‘Night.’ And it became evening and morning, one day. 6God also said, “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide waters from waters.”