Romans 8:26-30

Future Glory

²⁶ Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For _b we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but _c the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. ²⁷ And _d he who searches hearts knows what is _e the mind of the Spirit, because ₁ the Spirit _f intercedes for the saints _g according to the will of God. ²⁸ And we know that for those who love God all things work together _h for good, ₂ 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.

1. Cross References
   Matthew 20:22
   Jesus answered, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am to drink?" They said to him, "We are able.
   James 4:3
   You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.
   
2. Cross References
   Zechariah 12:10
   And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that, when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn.
   Ephesians 6:18
   Praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints.
   John 14:16
   And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever.
   
3. Cross References
   1 Samuel 16:7
   But the Lord said to Samuel, "Do not look on hi...
   1 Chronicles 28:9
   And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your f...
   Proverbs 15:11
   Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the Lord ; ho...
   Proverbs 17:3
   The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is ...
   Jeremiah 11:20
   But, O Lord of hosts, who judges righteously, w...
   Jeremiah 17:10
   "I the Lord search the heart and test the mind,...
   Luke 16:15
   And he said to them, "You are those who justify...
   1 Thessalonians 2:4
   But just as we have been approved by God to be ...
   
4. Cross References
   Romans 8:6
   For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.
   
5. Cross References
   Romans 8:34
   Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died - more than that, who was raised - who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us.
   
6. Cross References
   1 John 5:14
   And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.
   
7. 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.
   
8. 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...
   
9. 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.
   
10. 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 -
    
11. 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.
    
12. 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
    
13. 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.
    
14. 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.