Romans 8:22

We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time.

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4 songs meet this passage

  • “Born in this world as it all falls apart”

    Young · Hollywood Undead

    resonates with Romans 8:22

    Paul describes creation groaning under brokenness, the same ache this refrain voices about being born into a fracturing world.

  • Fortress · System of a Down

    resonates with Romans 8:20-22

    Creation's groaning under futility and decay resonates with this picture of devastation, though the song stops short of Paul's hope of future restoration.

  • “Life's better on Saturn”

    Saturn · SZA

    strains against Romans 8:22-23

    Paul locates the longing for release in hope of redemption of this creation, not escape from it; the song's fantasy of another planet stops short of that hope.

  • Let Down · Radiohead

    strains against Romans 8:22-23

    Paul frames creation's groaning as groaning toward redemption; the song's narrator suppresses that groaning as pointless rather than hopeful.

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