Romans 8:28-39

Future Glory

28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together h for good, 1 for i those who are called according to his purpose. 29 For those whom he j foreknew he also k predestined l to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be m the firstborn among many brothers. 30 And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also n justified, and those whom he justified he also o glorified.

God's Everlasting Love

31 What then shall we say to these things? p If God is for us, who can be 2 against us? 32 q He who did not spare his own Son but r gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? 33 Who shall bring any charge against God's elect? s It is God who justifies. 34 t Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died - more than that, who was raised - u who is at the right hand of God, v who indeed is interceding for us. 3 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?

36 As it is written,
w "For your sake x we are being killed all the day long;
we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered."

37 No, in all these things we are more than y conquerors through z him who loved us. 38 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

  1. Cross References
    Ezra 8:22
    For I was ashamed to ask the king for a band of soldiers and horsemen to protect us against the enemy on our way, since we had told the king, "The hand of our God is for good on all who seek him, and the power of his wrath is against all who forsake him.
    Ecclesiastes 8:12
    Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and prolongs his life, yet I know that it will be well with those who fear God, because they fear before him.
  2. Cross References
    Romans 9:24
    Even us whom he has called, not from the Jews o...
    1 Corinthians 1:9
    God is faithful, by whom you were called into t...
    1 Corinthians 7:15
    But if the unbelieving partner separates, let i...
    1 Corinthians 7:17
    Only let each person lead the life that the Lor...
    Galatians 1:15
    But when he who had set me apart before I was b...
    Galatians 5:8
    This persuasion is not from him who calls you.
    Ephesians 4:1
    I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you ...
    Ephesians 4:4
    There is one body and one Spirit - just as you ...
    2 Timothy 1:9
    Who saved us and called us to a holy calling, n...
  3. Cross References
    Romans 11:2
    God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he appeals to God against Israel?
    1 Peter 1:2
    According to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you.
  4. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 2:7
    But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glory.
    Ephesians 1:5
    He predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will.
    Ephesians 1:11
    In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will.
    Romans 9:23
    In order to make known the riches of his glory for vessels of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for glory -
  5. Cross References
    Philippians 3:21
    Who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.
    1 Corinthians 15:49
    Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven.
    Colossians 3:10
    And have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.
    1 John 3:2
    Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.
  6. Cross References
    Colossians 1:15
    He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
    Colossians 1:18
    And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.
    Hebrews 1:6
    And again, when he brings the firstborn into the world, he says, "Let all God's angels worship him.
    Revelation 1:5
    And from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood
  7. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 6:11
    And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
  8. Cross References
    John 17:22
    The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one.
    Hebrews 2:10
    For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering.
  9. Cross References
    Numbers 14:9
    Only do not rebel against the Lord. And do not fear the people of the land, for they are bread for us. Their protection is removed from them, and the Lord is with us; do not fear them.
    2 Kings 6:16
    He said, "Do not be afraid, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.
    Psalms 118:6
    The Lord is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me?
    1 John 4:4
    Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
  10. Cross References
    John 3:16
    For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
  11. Cross References
    Romans 4:25
    Who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.
  12. Cross References
    Isaiah 50:8 - 9
    He who vindicates me is near. Who will contend with me? Let us stand up together. Who is my adversary? Let him come near to me.
    Revelation 12:10 - 11
    And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, "Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God.
  13. Cross References
    Romans 8:1
    There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
  14. Cross References
    Mark 16:19
    So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.
  15. Cross References
    Hebrews 7:25
    Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.
    1 John 2:1
    My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.
    Romans 8:27
    And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
  16. Cross References
    Psalms 44:22
    Yet for your sake we are killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.
  17. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 4:9
    For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, like men sentenced to death, because we have become a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men.
    1 Corinthians 15:30 - 31
    Why are we in danger every hour?
    2 Corinthians 4:10 - 11
    Always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.
    Acts 20:24
    But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.
  18. Cross References
    Psalms 44:22
    Yet for your sake we are killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.
  19. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 15:57
    But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
    John 16:33
    I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.
  20. Cross References
    Galatians 2:20
    I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
    Ephesians 5:2
    And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
    Revelation 1:5
    And from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood
    Revelation 3:9
    Behold, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie - behold, I will make them come and bow down before your feet and they will learn that I have loved you.
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