22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning in birth pangs together until now.
Romans 8:22 Cross References - Common
Mark 16:15
15 And he said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.
John 16:21
21 When a woman is in labor she has sorrow, because her hour has come; but as soon as she gives birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a child has been born into the world.
Romans 8:20
20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will, but by the will of him who subjected it in hope;
Colossians 1:23
23 if indeed you continue in the faith firmly established and steadfast, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel that you have heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a minister.
Revelation 12:2
2 and she was with child, and she cried out in labor and in pain to give birth.