What is the golden chain of salvation / redemption?

Answer

In Romans 8:29–30, the apostle Paul presents a concise yet remarkable explanation of God’s redemptive work from eternity to eternity:

For those whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, so that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom he predestined, he also called; and those whom he called, he also justified; and those whom he justified, he also glorified.

(ESV).