Romans 8:29

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1. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

   Holiness cites Rom. viii. 29

   …will also labour to have the mind that was in Him, and to be “conformed to His image.” (Rom. viii. 29.) It will be his aim to bear with and forgive others, even as Christ forgave us—to be…

2. Old Paths · J. C. Ryle

   Election cites Rom. viii. 29

   …whom He called, them He also justified: and -whom He justified, them He also glorified.” (Rom. viii. 29, 30.) “Who shall lay anything to the charge of God’s Elect?” (Rom. viii. 33.) “God hath…

3. Communion with God · John Owen

   Of communion with Christ in privileges cites Rom. viii. 29

   …sons of God, John i. 12. Himself was appointed to be the first-born among many brethren, Rom. viii. 29; and his taking us to be brethren, Heb. ii. 11, makes us become the children of God. Now…

4. Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee · Ochorus Originals

   The Breaking of the Outer Man cites Romans 8:29

   …for good” (ASV). The next verse defines the good: conformity “to the image of his Son” (Romans 8:29, ASV). This does not mean every event is good. Persecution, betrayal, disease, and…

5. Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee · Ochorus Originals

   The Normal Christian Life cites Romans 8:29

   …those whom God foreknew He “foreordained to be conformed to the image of his Son” (Romans 8:29, ASV). The normal Christian life, at its deepest, is not a life in which the believer…

6. The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit · R. A. Torrey

   The Work of the Holy Spirit in Jesus Christ cites Romans 8:29

   …teach us. Jesus Christ is our pattern (1 John 2:6), “the firstborn among many brothers” (Romans 8:29). Whatever He realized through the Holy Spirit is for us to realize today. THE END

7. The Key Teachings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer · Ochorus Originals

   The Visible Church cites ROMANS 8:29

   …be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. ROMANS 8:29 That is where the whole long argument of the book comes to rest. Costly grace, the call…

8. The God of All Comfort · Hannah Whitall Smith

   Conformed to the Image of Christ cites Romans 8:29

   …to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers” (Romans 8:29). God’s ultimate purpose in our creation was that we should finally be “conformed to the…

9. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

   Book 2, Chapter 13 — Christ Clothed with the True Substance of Human Nature cites Rom. 8:29

   …been the first son of Adam, in order that he might be the first-born among the brethren (Rom. 8:29). But primogeniture refers not to age, but to degree of honour and pre-eminence of…

10. The Key Teachings of Athanasius of Alexandria · Ochorus Originals

    The Portrait Renewed on the Same Wood cites ROMANS 8:29

    …be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. ROMANS 8:29 Some teachers are remembered for a sentence, others for a picture. Athanasius left the…

11. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 8 — Of Bearing the Cross cites Rom 8:29

    …and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death,” (Rom 8:29). How powerfully should it soften the bitterness of the cross, to think that the more we…

12. Freedom of the Will · Jonathan Edwards

    Section XI. The Evidence of Gods Certain Foreknowledge of the Volitions of Moral Agents cites Rom. viii. 29

    …“In hope of eternal life, which God that cannot lie, promised before the world began.” (Rom. viii. 29.) “Whom he did foreknow, them he also did predestinate,” &c. (1 Pet. i. 2.) “Elect…

13. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    VIII. Truly gracious affections differ from those affections that are false and delusive, in that they tend to, and are attended with the lamblike, dovelike spirit and temper of Jesus Christ cites Rom. 8:29

    …to the image of the Son of God, that he might be the first born among many brethren, Rom. 8:29. As we have borne the image of the first man, that is earthly, so we must also bear the…

14. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    On Predestination cites Romans 8:29

    …whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.” Romans 8:29, 30. Our beloved brother Paul,” says St. Peter, “according to the wisdom given unto him…

15. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    Free Grace cites Rom. 8:29

    …foreknowledge of God;” (1 Peter 1:2; ) “Whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate.” (Rom. 8:29.) 21. And “the same Lord over all is rich” in mercy “to all that call upon him:” (Romans…

16. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    Introduction cites Rom. viii. 29

    …seen and observed by others in our private life, and habits, and character, and doings. (Rom. viii. 29.) (3) I ask, in the third place, whether it is wise to use vague language about…

17. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    Sanctification cites Rom. viii. 29

    …believers, he says, “I know your election of God.” (1 Peter i. 2; 2 Thess. ii. 13; Rom. viii. 29; Eph. i. 4; 1 Thess. i. 3, 4.) He that boasts of being one of God’s elect, while he is…

18. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 24 — Election Confirmed by the Calling of God cites Rom. 8:29

    …he also called; and whom he called, them he also justified,” that he may one day glorify (Rom. 8:29, 30). Though the Lord, by electing his people, adopted them as his sons, we, however, see…