Romans 8:29

For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren:

Revised Version 1895

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 to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.

30and whom he foreordained, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

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Cross References

Exodus 33:12And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight.

Psalms 1:6For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the wicked shall perish.

Jeremiah 1:5Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee; I have appointed thee a prophet unto the nations.

Matthew 12:50For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.

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

John 17:22And the glory which thou hast given me I have given unto them; 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 →

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