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NASB | Romans 8:22 For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 8:22 For we know that the whole creation has been moaning together as in the pains of childbirth until now. [Jer 12:4, 11] |
Subject: Did death come by Adam to the creation? |
Bible Note: Tim, I'm neither a young-earther nor a believer in the theory of evolution, and perhaps I'm missing something regarding the word "creation" (which Paul uses 4 times in Romans 8:19-22), which I take to mean all creation, from the beginning on, pre-Adam. "For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now." (Rom 8:20-22) Things were living and dying well before Adam; and since 1 Co 15:21 talks of death coming by a man, does this mean death to all living things, or to man alone? If so, how can we reconcile these verses (both in Romans and 1 Corinthians) with the very long history of life on earth? Please advise. Colin |