'In Labor' in the Bible
When a woman is in labor she has pain because her time has come. But when she has given birth to a child, she no longer remembers the suffering because of the joy that a person has been born into the world.
in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;
As for Titus, remember that he is a partner of mine, and is also my associate in labors for you. As for the other brothers, remember that they are delegates from the churches, men in whom Christ is glorified.
Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself) I more; in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in deaths oft.
in labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
My children, with whom I am again in labor until Christ is formed in you—
For it is written:Rejoice, childless woman,who does not give birth.Burst into song and shout,you who are not in labor,for the children of the desolate are many,more numerous than thoseof the woman who has a husband.
However, I thought it necessary to send back to you Epaphroditus, [who has been] my brother and companion and fellow soldier, who was also sent as your messenger to take care of my needs.
neither did we eat bread for nought at any man's hand, but in labor and travail, working night and day, that we might not burden any of you:
She was pregnant and cried out in labor and agony as she was about to give birth.