 | George Eldon Ladd - Religion - 1959 - 146 pages
...the creadon will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the sons of God. " We know that the whole creation has been...only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, we groan inwardly as we wait for adoption as sons, the redemption of our... | |
 | George Wolfgang Forell - Religion - 1975 - 324 pages
...race comes into contact. This again has been described by the Apostle Paul in a very colorful phrase: "We know that the whole creation has been groaning in travail together until now" (Rom. 8:22). As a result of our revolt against God, we have the ability to inject our own failure and... | |
 | Fred O. Francis, J. Paul Sampley - Religion - 1984 - 420 pages
...be set free from its bondage to decay and obtain the glorious liberty of the children of God. 22We know that the whole creation has been groaning in...only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the fusi fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.... | |
 | Nelle Morton - Religion - 1986 - 296 pages
...reordering of the forces of the universe."9 A Biblical writer could well have envisioned such a moment: We know that the whole creation has been groaning...together until now; and not only the creation, but we ourselves.10 Thus we are brought near to the possibility of new revelatory moments that break into... | |
 | Thomas Howard - Philosophy - 1985 - 248 pages
...the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God. We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time (Romans 8:19-22). How precisely will the... | |
 | Albert M. Wolters - Religion - 1985 - 116 pages
...the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glotious freedom of the children of God. We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth tight up to the present time. (Rom. 8:19-22) Paul states that the whole... | |
 | Religion - 1987 - 268 pages
...read as Lesson 2.) Paul tells the Romans that the Spirit is constantly at work on their behalf. 22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning in travail together until now; 23 and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly... | |
 | Leon Morris - Religion - 1988 - 600 pages
...creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. 23Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. 24For in this hope we were saved. But... | |
 | Tremper Longman III - Religion - 2009 - 172 pages
...the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God. We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Not only so, but we ourselves, who have... | |
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We know that the whole creation has been groaning in labor pains until now; 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. 
