Romans 8:31

So as we think about all of this, what do we learn? It is this. We are on God’s side. He is with us, so it doesn’t matter who is against us, they can’t win against God.

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In The King James Version

What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

In Context

30So, after he picked us out, he called to us to come to him, and after we came to him, he said that we are all right now, and he will make us really great too.

32He really did a lot for us. He sent his own son to die instead of us. And that’s not all. He will give us everything else that we need too.

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Cross References

Genesis 15:1Later on, after Abram saved Lot, Abram had a dream, and God talked to him in that dream. God said, “Abram, don’t be frightened, I will always keep you safe, so that nobody can ever hurt you, and I am going to give you lots of good things.”

Psalms 46:1God is strong, and he is always ready to help us when we get trouble. He is like a safe place for us to hide. Whenever we get trouble, he is the one that can help us.

Psalms 46:11God is the boss of everything, and he is with us and helps us. He is the God of us Israel people, and he will stop anyone from hurting us.

Matthew Henry on Romans 8:30-31

The Believer's Privileges. ( a. d. 58.) 29 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. 30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. The apostle, having reckoned up so many ingredients of the happiness of true believers, comes here to represent the ground of them all, which he lays in predestination. These… Read the whole commentary →

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