Until when shall the land mourn, and the plant of every field wither from the evil of those who dwell in it? The beasts and the birds are swept away, because they said, He will not see our last end.
The woman has grief when she bears, because her hour came, but when she bears the child, she no longer remembers the distress, because of the joy that a man was born into the world.
if indeed you continue in the faith having been founded and steadfast, and not being moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, the one being proclaimed in all the creation under the heaven, of which I, Paul, became a servant.