Romans 8:17
and if children, then heirs too--heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ; if indeed we are sharers in Christ's sufferings, in order that we may also be sharers in His glory.
Weymouth NT (1912)
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Matthew 16:24Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If any one desires to follow me, let him renounce self and take up his cross, and so be my follower.
Luke 12:32"Dismiss your fears, little flock: your Father finds a pleasure in giving you the Kingdom.
Luke 24:26Was there not a necessity for the Christ thus to suffer, and then enter into His glory?"
John 17:24"Father, those whom Thou hast given me--I desire that where I am they also may be with me, that they may see the glory--my glory--my gift from Thee, which Thou hast given me because Thou didst love me before the creation 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 His people.
Romans 5:9If therefore we have now been pronounced free from guilt through His blood, much more shall we be delivered from God's anger through Him.
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 →