Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 8:22
Romans 8:22. For we know that the whole creation Ever since the first apostacy of our nature from God; groaneth Suffers a variety of miseries; and travaileth Συνωδινει , literally, is in the pains of childbirth, to be delivered from the burden of the curse; until now To this very hour, and so on to the time of deliverance. “According to some commentators, the words πασα η κτισις denote the whole creatures of God, animate and inanimate, which, as they were cursed for the sin of the... read more
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 8:20-21
Romans 8:20-21. For the creature was made subject to vanity Mankind in general, and the whole visible creation, lost their original beauty, glory, and felicity; a sad change passed on man, and his place of abode; the whole face of nature was obscured, and all creatures were subjected to vanity and wretchedness in a variety of forms. “Every thing seems perverted from its intended use: the inanimate creatures are pressed into man’s rebellion; the luminaries of the heaven give him light by... read more