罗马书8包含苦难的有力神学。那些垂死的人没有希望，相比之下，那些在分娩中的人吟。这两个过程都很痛苦，但它们却大不相同。一个是绝望的恐惧的痛苦，另一个是希望的痛苦。基督徒的痛苦是非常真实的，但这是母亲期待抱着孩子的喜悦的痛苦。它
(Romans 8 contains a powerful theology of suffering. There's the groaning of those dying without hope, and in contrast, the groaning of those in childbirth. Both processes are painful, yet they are very different. The one is the pain of hopeless dread, the other the pain of hopeful anticipation. The Christian's pain is very real, but it's the pain of a mother anticipating the joy of holding her child. It)