²² For we know that the whole creation ^(A)groans and labors with birth pangs together until now.

^21 (A)A woman, when she is in labor, has sorrow because her hour has come; but as soon as she has given birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world.

²³ if indeed you continue ^(A)in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and are ^(B)not moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, ^(C)which was preached to every creature under heaven, ^(D)of which I, Paul, became a minister.

²⁰ For ^(A)the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope;

^15 (A)And He said to them, “Go into all the world ^(B)and preach the gospel to every creature.

² Then being with child, she cried out ^(A)in labor and in pain to give birth.