Luómǎshū 8:22

22 Wǒmen zhīdào yīqiè shòu zào zhī wù , yītóng tànxī laókǔ , zhídào rújīn .

Luómǎshū 8:22 Meaning and Commentary

Romans 8:22

For we know that the whole creation groaneth
As a woman with child, ready to bring forth: for it is added,

and travaileth in pain together until now;
regeneration is owing to the grace of God, which is compared to "seed", of which men are born again; the means of conveying it is the Gospel, and ministers are the instruments of begetting souls to Christ, and who travail in birth till Christ be formed in them: now the Gospel being carried by the apostles into the Gentile world, and being succeeded there, it was like a woman big with child, ready to bring forth many sons to God; for as it was prophesied, so it came to pass, that "more are the children of the desolate, than the children of the married wife", ( Isaiah 54:1 ) ; and these births were attended with pain. The apostles preached the word with much contention, and the Gentiles received it in much affliction, though with the joy of the Holy Ghost; as a woman rejoices when a man child is brought forth, though the birth has been attended with pain and labour. This was an united groan, and travail of all the converted Gentiles in the several parts of the world, together with the ministers of the Gospel, earnestly desiring more instances of conversion among them; and this vehement desire had appeared "until now", from the first time of the preaching of the Gospel among the Gentiles, to the writing of this epistle; and supposes, that though there were many spiritual births, there were more to come; as there has been, and will be more abundantly, in the latter day: and moreover, this painful labour, and these united groans for spiritual births, the apostles were well acquainted with, and therefore could say, "we know" by their preaching among them, in whom they could easily observe, and do in their writings take notice, how eagerly desirous they were of having the Gospel preached unto them.

(The whole creation was brought under a curse because of Adam's sin. This curse will be removed in the eternal state when Christ will restore the creation to the way it was in the beginning. Editor.)

Luómǎshū 8:22 In-Context

20 Yīnwei shòu zào zhī wù fú zaì xū kòng zhī xià , bú shì zìjǐ yuànyì , nǎi shì yīn nà jiào tā rúcǐ de .

21 Dàn shòu zào zhī wù réngrán zhǐwang tuōlí baìhuaì de xiá zhì , dé xiǎng shén érnǚ zìyóu de róngyào . ( xiǎng yuánwén zuò rù )

22 Wǒmen zhīdào yīqiè shòu zào zhī wù , yītóng tànxī laókǔ , zhídào rújīn .

23 Búdàn rúcǐ , jiù shì wǒmen zhè yǒu Shènglíng chū jié guǒzi de , yĕ shì zìjǐ xīnli tànxī , dĕnghòu dé zhe érzi de míngfèn , nǎi shì wǒmen de shēntǐ dé shú .

24 Wǒmen déjiù shì zaìhu pànwàng . zhǐshì suǒ jiàn de pànwàng bú shì pànwàng . shuí hái pànwàng tā suǒ jiàn de ne . ( yǒu gǔ juǎn zuò rén suǒ kànjian de hébì zaì pànwàng ne )