Romans 8:29

Because whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brothers.

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

In Context

28And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.

30Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; and whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified. 1 God's Everlasting Love

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Cross References

Matthew 12:50For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven, he is My brother and sister and mother.”

John 17:16They are not of the world, just as I am not 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 just 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 →

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