Changes

|For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.

|For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.

|For we know that every part of the created man groans and suffers together in pain until now.

|For we know that every part of the created man groans and suffers together in pain until now.

|The Apostle Paul uses συστενάζω (from σύν - together - and στενάζω), while using στενάζω in the next verse. This stresses that the creation groans ''together'' while we groan for ''ourselves''

|

|-

|-

|23

|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.

|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.

|And not only those, but ourselves as well, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even each of us groans to himself, waiting for the adoption, namely, the redemption of his body.

|And not only those, but ourselves as well, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even each of us complains to himself, waiting for the adoption, namely, the redemption of his body.

|"groan" is archaic here for Greek "στενάζω", which literally meant "sigh" or "groan" in a prior time; <!-- "complain" is the modern equivalent. --> (See [[Talk:Romans_1-8_(Translated)#Groan.Groan, complain, συστενάζω vs. στενάζω|here]])  The redundancy and awkward use of plural are clarified

|"groan" is archaic here for Greek "στενάζω", which literally meant "sigh" or "groan" in a prior time; "complain" is the modern equivalent. The redundancy and awkward use of plural are also clarified

|-

|-

|24

|24