KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Romans 8:21–22
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Romans 8:21
21Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
21Because the creature it selfe also shall bee deliuered from the bondage of corruption, into the glorious libertie of the children of God.
Romans 8:22
22For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
22For wee know that ‖the whole creation groaneth, and trauaileth in paine together vntill now.
- Or, euery creature.
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DEFINED WORDS
Romans 8:21
For the reason that; since.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Creation considered collectively.
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The reflexive or emphatic pronoun referring to a thing already named.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Freed, rescued, handed over, committed, spoken, or brought forth, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
corruption
Decay, ruin, moral depravity, or the state of being perishable and subject to destruction.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Full of glory, honour, splendour, excellence, or majesty.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A deity or object of worship; when referring to the LORD, the one true God.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
DEFINED WORDS
Romans 8:22
To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Entire, complete, or undivided; also sound or restored to health, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
The act of creating; the act of causing to exist; and especially, the act of bringing this world into existence.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To utter a deep, mournful sound in pain or sorrow; to sigh under oppression, affliction, or burden.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Suffering, distress, or bodily torment; as a verb, to cause distress.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
In one place, company, time, purpose, or united condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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From verse 21
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Open the full verse study3And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:
4And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
5And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
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Open the full verse study21Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
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Open the full verse study13Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
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Open the full verse study1AND I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
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Open the full verse study19For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
From verse 22
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Open the full verse study4How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.
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Open the full verse study11They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart.
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Open the full verse study21A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
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Open the full verse study23If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
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Open the full verse study20For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
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Open the full verse study15And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
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Open the full verse study6Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
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Open the full verse study2And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
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