Romans 8:29
Because those of whom he had knowledge before they came into existence, were marked out by him to be made like his Son, so that he might be the first among a band of brothers:
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Exodus 33:12And Moses said to the Lord, See, you say to me, Be this people's guide on their journey, but you have not made clear to me whom you will send with me. But you have said, I have knowledge of you by name, and you have grace in my eyes.
Psalms 1:6Because the Lord sees the way of the upright, but the end of the sinner is destruction.
Jeremiah 1:5Before you were formed in the body of your mother I had knowledge of you, and before your birth I made you holy; I have given you the work of being a prophet to the nations.
Matthew 12:50For whoever does the pleasure of my Father in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.
John 17:16They are not of the world any more than I am of the world.
John 17:22And the glory which you have given to me I have given to them, so that they may be one even as we are one;
Matthew Henry on Romans 8:27-29
The Believer's Privileges. ( a. d. 58.) 26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. 27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God. 28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.… Read the whole commentary →