Romans 8:28

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Romans 8:28

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Summary

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

We know

Them

The called

General references

Psalm 20:4

Ephesians 3:11

Bible References

We know

Who can separate us from the love of Christ?
Can affliction or anguish or persecution
or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?

And not only that, but we also rejoice in our afflictions, because we know that affliction produces endurance,

You planned evil against me; God planned it for good to bring about the present result—the survival of many people.

Remember that the Lord your God led you on the entire journey these 40 years in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commands.

For the choir director. A song of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth.

God is our refuge and strength,
a helper who is always found
in times of trouble.

“This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Like these good figs, so I regard as good the exiles from Judah I sent away from this place to the land of the Chaldeans.

I will put this third through the fire;
I will refine them as silver is refined
and test them as gold is tested.
They will call on My name,
and I will answer them.
I will say: They are My people,
and they will say: Yahweh is our God.”

Indeed, everything is for your benefit, so that grace, extended through more and more people, may cause thanksgiving to increase to God’s glory.

For we know that if our temporary, earthly dwelling

is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal dwelling in the heavens, not made with hands.

because I know this will lead to my deliverance

through your prayers and help from the Spirit of Jesus Christ.

It is a clear evidence of God’s righteous judgment that you will be counted worthy of God’s kingdom, for which you also are suffering,

for the Lord disciplines the one He loves
and punishes every son He receives.

knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

so that the genuineness of your faith—more valuable than gold, which perishes though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

As many as I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be committed and repent.

Them

This hope will not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

but showing faithful love to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commands.

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.

I said,

Yahweh, the God of heaven, the great and awe-inspiring God who keeps His gracious covenant with those who love Him and keep His commands,

The descendants of His servants will inherit it,
and those who love His name will live in it.

Love

the Lord your God

with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind,

and with all your strength.

But as it is written:

What eye did not see and ear did not hear,
and what never entered the human mind—
God prepared this for those who love Him.

A man who endures trials is blessed, because when he passes the test he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.

Listen, my dear brothers: Didn’t God choose the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that He has promised to those who love Him?

Love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

This is how we know that we love God’s children when we love God and obey His commands.

The called

And those He predestined, He also called; and those He called, He also justified; and those He justified, He also glorified.

including yourselves who also belong to Jesus Christ by calling:

For though her sons had not been born yet or done anything good or bad, so that God’s purpose according to election might stand—

The earth quakes and trembles
because the Lord’s intentions against Babylon stand:
to make the land of Babylon an uninhabited desolation.

When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the message of the Lord, and all who had been appointed to eternal life believed.

But when God, who from my birth set me apart and called me by His grace, was pleased

He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure that He planned in Him

This is according to His eternal purpose accomplished in the Messiah, Jesus our Lord.

For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

But we must always thank God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because from the beginning God has chosen you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and through belief in the truth.

Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm, having this inscription:

The Lord knows those who are His,

and

Everyone who names the name of the Lord
must turn away from unrighteousness.

Now the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ Jesus, will personally restore, establish, strengthen, and support you after you have suffered a little.

General references

May He give you what your heart desires
and fulfill your whole purpose.

This is according to His eternal purpose accomplished in the Messiah, Jesus our Lord.