Romans 8:22-23
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning in labor pains until now; 23 and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly while we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies.
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Romans 8:22-23
Good News Translation
22 For we know that up to the present time all of creation groans with pain, like the pain of childbirth. 23 (A)But it is not just creation alone which groans; we who have the Spirit as the first of God's gifts also groan within ourselves as we wait for God to make us his children and[a] set our whole being free.
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- Romans 8:23 Some manuscripts do not have make us his children and.
Romans 8:22-23
Authorized (King James) Version
22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. 23 And not only they, 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.
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