Romans 8:29

And he knew them, previously; and he sealed them with the likeness of the image of his Son; that He might be the first-born of many brothers.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 he aideth him in all things, for good, who love God; them whom he predestined to be called.

30And those whom he previously sealed, them he called: and those whom he called, them he justified: and those whom he justified, them he glorified.

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Cross References

Matthew 12:50For every one that doeth the good pleasure of my Father who is in heaven, that person is my brother, and my sister, and my mother.

John 17:16for they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

John 17:22And the glory which thou gavest me, I have given them; that they may be one, 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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