But all these things are the beginning of birth pains.
YLT
and all these are the beginning of sorrows;
F.O.G Original
(8) Yet all this is the beginning rule of birth pains.
F.O.G
(8) Yet all this is the beginning rule of birth pains.
F.O.G MSG
⁸All these are just the beginning of birth painsᶜ—the early stages of what’s coming.
Footnotes:
⁸ᶜ Birth pains: Jesus uses the metaphor of childbirth to describe how tribulation will intensify before His return, just as labor pains increase before delivery.