Romans 8:17
and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ; but to share his glory, we must now be sharing his sufferings.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
16For his Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit, that we are children of God;
Cross References
Matthew 16:24Then Jesus said to his disciples. "If any man wishes to come after me, let him renounce self, take up his cross, and follow me.
Luke 12:32"Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
Luke 24:26"Behooved it not the Christ to suffer thus, and then to enter into his glory?"
John 17:24"Father, it is my will that wherever I am these also, thy gift to me, may be with me, that they may see the glory, my glory which thou hast given me, because thou didst love me before the foundations of the world.
Acts 20:32"And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace. He is able to build you up, and to give you your inheritance among all those who are consecrated.
Romans 5:9By how much more, then, being now justified in his blood, shall we be saved through him from the wrath of God.
Matthew Henry on Romans 8:11-17
The Believer's Privileges. ( a. d. 58.) 10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. 12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. 13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the… Read the whole commentary →