Romans 8:28

Easy To Read Version

We know that in everything God works for the good of those people that love him. These are the people God called (chose), because that was his plan.

Cross References

Genesis 50:20

It is true that you planned to do something bad to me. But really, God was planning good things. God’s plan was to use me to save the lives of many people. And that is what happened!

2 Samuel 16:12

Maybe the Lord will see the wrong things that are happening to me. Then maybe the Lord will give me something good for every bad thing that Shimei says today.”

Nehemiah 1:5

Then I prayed this prayer:

Psalm 69:36

The descendants {\cf2\super [405]} of his servants\par will get that land.\par The people who love his name\par will live there.\par

Exodus 20:6

But I will be very kind to people who love me and obey my commands. I will be kind to their families for thousands of generations! [126]

Jeremiah 51:29

The land shakes and moves like it is in pain.\par It will shake when the Lord does what he planned to Babylon.\par The Lord’s plan is to make the land of Babylon into an empty desert.\par No person will live there.\par

Zechariah 13:9

Then I will test those survivors. I will give them many troubles. The troubles will be like the fire a man uses to prove silver is pure. I will test them the way a person tests gold. Then they will call to me for help, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘You are my people.’ And they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”

Mark 12:30

You must love the Lord your God. You must love him with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.’ {\cf2\super [169]}

Acts 13:48

When the non-Jewish people heard Paul say this, they were happy. They gave honor to the message {\cf2\super [278]} of the Lord. And many of the people believed the message. These were the people chosen to have life forever.

Romans 11:29

God never changes his mind about the people he calls and the things he gives them. And God never takes back his call to the people.

Romans 8:30

God planned for those people to be like his Son. And he called (chose) those people. God called those people and made them right with him. And God gave his glory to those people that he made right.

1 Corinthians 1:2

To the church of God in Corinth, to those people that have been made holy {\cf2\super [2]} in Christ Jesus. You were called to be God’s holy people. You were called with all the people everywhere that trust in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ—their Lord and ours:

1 Corinthians 1:24

But Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God to those people that God has called (chosen)—Jews and Greeks (non-Jews).

1 Corinthians 1:9

God is faithful. He is the One who has called you to share life with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

1 Corinthians 2:9

But like the Scriptures {\cf2\super [14]} say,

2 Corinthians 5:1

We know that \{our body\}—the tent we live in here on earth—will be destroyed. But when that happens, God will have a home for us to live in. It will not be a home made by men. It will be a home in heaven that will continue forever.

Galatians 1:15

But God had special plans for me even before I was born. So God called me with his grace (kindness). God wanted me

Galatians 1:6

A short time ago God called you to follow him. He called you through his grace (kindness) that came through Christ. But now I am amazed at you people! You are already turning away and believing something different from the Good News {\cf2\super [3]} \{we told you\}.

Galatians 5:8

That persuasion does not come from the One (God) who chose you.

Ephesians 3:11

This agrees with the plan God had since the beginning of time. God did what he planned. He did it through Christ Jesus our Lord.

Ephesians 4:1

I am in prison because I belong to the Lord. And God chose you to be his people. I tell you now to live the way God’s people should live.

Deuteronomy 6:5

You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.

Deuteronomy 8:16

In the desert, the Lord fed you manna [53] —something your ancestors [54] had never seen. The Lord tested you. Why? Because the Lord made you humble so that things would go well for you in the end.

Philippians 3:14

I keep trying to reach the goal and get the prize. That prize is mine because God called me through Christ to the life above.

1 Thessalonians 5:9

God did not choose us to suffer his anger. God chose us to have salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Timothy 1:9

God saved us and made us his holy people. {\cf2\super [6]} That happened not because of anything we did ourselves. No! God saved us and made us his people because that was what he wanted and because of his grace (kindness). That grace was given to us through Christ Jesus before time began.

2 Timothy 2:19

But God’s strong foundation {\cf2\super [14]} continues to be the same. These words are written on that foundation: “The Lord knows those people who belong to him.” {\cf2\super [15]} Also, these words are written on that foundation: “Every person who says that he believes in the Lord must stop doing wrong.”

Hebrews 9:15

So Christ brings a new agreement {\cf2\super [108]} from God to his people. Christ brings this new agreement so that those people that are called by God can have the things that God promised. God’s people can have those things forever. They can have those things because Christ died to pay for the sins that people did under the first agreement. {\cf2\super [109]} Christ died to make people free from those sins.

James 1:12

What great blessings there are for the person who is tempted and still continues strong. Why? Because after he has proved his faith, God will give him the reward of life forever. God promised this to all people who love him.

James 2:5

Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! God chose the poor people in the world to be rich with faith. He chose them to receive the kingdom God promised to people who love him.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are chosen people. You are the King’s priests. You are a holy {\cf2\super [20]} nation of people. You are people who belong to God. God chose you to tell about the wonderful things he has done. He called (brought) you out of darkness (sin) into his wonderful light.

1 Peter 3:9

Don’t do wrong to a person to pay him back for doing wrong to you. Or don’t say something bad to a person to pay him back for saying something bad to you. But \{ask God to\} bless that person. Do this, because you yourselves were called to receive a blessing.

1 Peter 5:10

Yes, you will suffer for a short time. But after that, God will make everything right. He will make you strong. He will support you and keep you from falling. He is the God that gives all grace (kindness). He called you to share in his glory in Christ. That glory will continue forever.

1 John 4:10

True love is God’s love for us, not our love for God. God sent his Son to be the way that God takes away our sins.

1 John 4:19

We love because God first loved us.

Revelation 3:19

“I correct and punish those people that I love. So start trying hard! Change your hearts and lives!