Romans 8:29

Modern English Version

For those whom He foreknew, He predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He might be the firstborn among many brothers.

Cross References

Psalm 1:6

For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

Psalm 89:27

Also I will make him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

Exodus 33:12

Moses said to the Lord, “See, You say to me, ‘Bring up this people,’ but You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have also found grace in My sight.’

Exodus 33:17

The Lord said to Moses, “I will do this thing of which you have spoken, for you have found favor in My sight, and I know you by name.”

Jeremiah 1:5

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; and before you were born I sanctified you, and I ordained you a prophet to the nations.”

Matthew 12:50

For whoever does the will of My Father who is in heaven is My brother, and sister, and mother.”

Matthew 25:40

“The King will answer, ‘Truly I say to you, as you have done it for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you have done it for Me.’

Matthew 28:10

Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go tell My brothers to go to Galilee, and there they will see Me.”

Matthew 7:23

But then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you. Depart from Me, you who practice evil.’

John 17:16

They are not of the world even as I am not of the world.

John 17:19

For their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth.

John 17:26

I have declared Your name to them, and will declare it, that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”

John 20:17

Jesus said to her, “Stop holding on to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father. But go to My brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’ ”

Romans 11:2

God has not rejected His people whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah? How he pleads with God against Israel, saying,

Romans 13:14

But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh to fulfill its lusts.

Romans 9:23

in order to make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He previously prepared for glory,

1 Corinthians 15:49

As we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven.

1 Corinthians 2:7

But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the ages for our glory.

1 Corinthians 8:3

But if anyone loves God, this one is known by Him.

2 Corinthians 3:18

But we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord as in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory by the Spirit of the Lord.

Ephesians 1:11

In Him also we have received an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His own will,

Ephesians 4:24

and that you put on the new nature, which was created according to God in righteousness and true holiness.

Philippians 3:21

who will transform our body of humiliation, so that it may be conformed to His glorious body, according to the working of His power, even to subdue all things to Himself.

Colossians 3:10

and have embraced the new nature, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of Him who created it,

2 Timothy 1:9

who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not by our works, but by His own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

2 Timothy 2:19

But the firm foundation of God stands, having this seal, “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Let everyone who calls on the name of Christ depart from iniquity.”

1 Peter 1:2

elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification by the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling with the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

1 Peter 1:20

He was foreordained before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for you.

1 John 3:2

Beloved, now are we children of God, and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be. But we know that when He appears, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.

Revelation 13:8

All who dwell on the earth will worship him, all whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb who was slain from the foundation of the world.