ISB ~ Romans 8 v22

groaning with labor pains:Paul hears creation crying out like a woman giving birth. The pangs of labor will not subside until the children of God are revealed and the whole material creation is renewed (8:21).

See word study:Unite at Eph 1:10.

• The earth groans under the curse of Gen 3:17. The passage shows that Adam’s trespass had catastrophic consequences not only for himself but for the world in which he lived.