'Pains' in the Bible
But all these [things] [are] the beginning of birth pains.
For nation will rise up against nation and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in [various] places. There will be famines. These [things] [are] the beginning of birth pains.
God raised {him} up, having brought to an end the pains of death, because it was not possible [for] him to be held by it.
My children, for whom I am having birth pains again, until Christ is formed in you!
For it is written, "Rejoice, O barren woman, who does not give birth to [children]; burst out and shout, [you] who do not have birth pains, because many [are] the children of the desolate [woman], even more than [those of] the one who has a husband."
Whenever they say "Peace and security," then sudden destruction will overtake them like the birth pains of {a pregnant woman}, and they will not possibly escape.
For the love of money is a root of all evil, by which some, [because they] desire [it], have gone astray from the faith and have pierced themselves with many pains.
and {who was pregnant} and was crying out [because she] was having birth pains, and was in torment to give birth.