Romans 8:29

Romans 8:29 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.

Context of Romans 8:29

27And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because he intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. 28We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God, who are called according to his purpose. For those he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, so that he would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. 30And those he predestined, he also called; and those he called, he also justified; and those he justified, he also glorified. 31What, then, are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us?

Romans 8:29 word by word

ὅτι οὓς προέγνω, καὶ προώρισεν συμμόρφους τῆς εἰκόνος τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸ εἶναι αὐτὸν πρωτότοκον ἐν πολλοῖς ἀδελφοῖς·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Forὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• whomὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• he did foreknowπρογινώσκωproginōskō · to know/chooseG4267
• heπροορίζωproorizō · to predestineG4309
• alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• conformed toσύμμορφοςsummorphos · conformedG4832
• the imageεἰκώνeikōn · imageG1504
• ofυἱόςuihos · sonG5207
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• thatεἰςeis · towardG1519
• might beεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• the firstbornπρωτότοκοςprōtotokos · firstbornG4416
• amongἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• manyπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
• brethrenἀδελφόςadelphos · brotherG80

Cross-references for Romans 8:29

• Romans 11:2God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Or don’t you know what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah — how he pleads with God against Israel?
• Exodus 33:12Moses said to the Lord, “Look, you have told me, ‘Lead this people up,’ but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. You said, ‘I know you by name, and you have also found favor with me.’
• Psalms 1:6For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to ruin.
• Jeremiah 1:5I chose you before I formed you in the womb; I set you apart before you were born. I appointed you a prophet to the nations.
• Matthew 7:23Then I will announce to them, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you lawbreakers!’
• 2 Timothy 2:19Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm, bearing this inscription: The Lord knows those who are his, and let everyone who calls on the name of the Lord turn away from wickedness.
• 1 Peter 1:2according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to be obedient and to be sprinkled with the blood of Jesus Christ. May grace and peace be multiplied to you.
• Revelation 13:8All those who live on the earth will worship it, everyone whose name was not written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slaughtered.
• Ephesians 1:5He predestined us to be adopted as sons through Jesus Christ for himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
• 1 Peter 1:20He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was revealed in these last times for you.
• Romans 13:14But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh to gratify its desires.
• John 17:16They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
• 1 Corinthians 15:49And just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we will also bear the image of the man of heaven.
• 2 Corinthians 3:18We all, with unveiled faces, are looking as in a mirror at the glory of the Lord and are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory; this is from the Lord who is the Spirit.
• Ephesians 1:4For he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless in love before him.
• Ephesians 4:24and to put on the new self, the one created according to God’s likeness in righteousness and purity of the truth.

Commentaries on Romans 8:29

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29For whom he did foreknow, etc. - "In this and the following verse the apostle shows how our calling is an argument that all things work together to advance our eternal happiness, by showing the several steps which the wisdom and goodness of God have settled, in order to complete our salvation. In order to this he first gives us, in this verse, the foundation and finishing, or the beginning and end, of the scheme of our redemption: For whom God did…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29For whom he did foreknow - The word used here ́ proegnōhas been the subject of almost endless disputes in regard to its meaning in this place. The literal meaning of the word cannot be a matter of dispute. It denotes properly to “know beforehand;” to be acquainted with future events. But whether it means here simply to know that certain persons would become Christians; or to ordain, and constitute them to be Christians, and to be saved, has been a…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 28-31Verses 28-31 That is good for the saints which does their souls good. Every providence tends to the spiritual good of those that love God; in breaking them off from sin, bringing them nearer to God, weaning them from the world, and fitting them for heaven. When the saints act out of character, corrections will be employed to bring them back again. And here is the order of the causes of our salvation, a golden chain, one which cannot be broken. 1. Whom he…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2929. For--as touching this "calling according to his purpose" (Ro 8:28). whom he did foreknow he also did predestinate--foreordain. In what sense are we to take the word "foreknow" here? "Those who He foreknew would repent and believe," say Pelagians of every age and every hue. But this is to thrust into the text what is contrary to the whole spirit, and even letter, of the apostle's teaching (see Ro 9:11; 2Ti 1:9). In Ro 11:2, and Psa 1:6, God's…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Romans 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings