Romans 8:29

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὅτι οὓς προέγνω, καὶ προώρισεν συμμόρφους τῆς εἰκόνος τοῦ Υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ, εἰς τὸ εἶναι αὐτὸν πρωτότοκον ἐν πολλοῖς ἀδελφοῖς.

Transliteration

Because those hous proegnō, also proōrisen symmorphous tēs eikonos tou Huiou of him, eis to einai auton prōtotokon en pollois adelphois.

Grammar Details

*Hoti*: conjunction - because/that
*hous*: relative pronoun accusative masculine plural - whom
*proegnō*: aorist active indicative 3rd person singular - he foreknew
*kai*: conjunction - also/and
*proōrisen*: aorist active indicative 3rd person singular - he predestined
*symmorphous*: accusative masculine plural - conformed to
*tēs eikonos*: genitive feminine singular - the image
*tou Huiou*: genitive masculine singular - of the Son
*autou*: genitive masculine 3rd person singular - of him
*eis*: preposition with accusative - for/unto
*to einai*: articular infinitive - to be
*auton*: accusative masculine 3rd person singular - him
*prōtotokon*: accusative masculine singular - firstborn
*en*: preposition with dative - among
*pollois*: dative masculine plural - many
*adelphois*: dative masculine plural - brothers

Word Meanings

*proegnō*: foreknew/knew beforehand [completed action]
*proōrisen*: predestined/predetermined/marked out beforehand [completed action]
*symmorphous*: conformed to/having same form as/sharing likeness with
*eikonos*: image/likeness/representation
*einai*: to be/exist
*prōtotokon*: firstborn/preeminent one
*adelphois*: brothers/siblings/fellow believers

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Eph 1:4-5 : 4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before him in love: 5 having foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
Jer 1:5 : 5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee; I have appointed thee a prophet unto the nations.
Eph 1:11 : 11 in whom also we were made a heritage, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his will;
2 Tim 1:9 : 9 who saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,
1 Pet 1:20 : 20 who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was manifested at the end of times for your sake,
Rev 13:8 : 8 And all that dwell on the earth shall worship him, [every one] whose name hath not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb that hath been slain.
2 Tim 2:19 : 19 Howbeit the firm foundation of God standeth, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his: and, Let every one that nameth the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.
1 Cor 2:7 : 7 but we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, [even] the [wisdom] that hath been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds unto our glory:
1 Pet 1:2 : 2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.
1 John 3:2 : 2 Beloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he shall be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is.
1 Cor 15:49 : 49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
Rom 9:23 : 23 and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he afore prepared unto glory,
2 Cor 3:18 : 18 But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit.
Rom 11:2 : 2 God did not cast off his people which he foreknew. Or know ye not what the scripture saith of Elijah? how he pleadeth with God against Israel:
Col 1:15-18 : 15 who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; 16 for in him were all things created, in the heavens and upon the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and unto him; 17 and he is before all things, and in him all things consist. 18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
Phil 3:21 : 21 who shall fashion anew the body of our humiliation, [that] [it] [may be] conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working whereby he is able even to subject all things unto himself.
John 17:16 : 16 They are not of the world even as I am not of the world.
Eph 4:24 : 24 and put on the new man, that after God hath been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.
Heb 1:5-6 : 5 For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, This day have I begotten thee? and again, I will be to him a Father, And he shall be to me a Son? 6 And when he again bringeth in the firstborn into the world he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.
Exod 33:12 : 12 And Moses said unto Jehovah, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found favor in my sight.
John 17:22-23 : 22 And the glory which thou hast given me I have given unto them; that they may be one, even as we [are] one; 23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be perfected into one; {G2532} that the world may know that thou didst send me, and lovedst them, even as thou lovedst me.
Exod 33:17 : 17 And Jehovah said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken; for thou hast found favor in my sight, and I know thee by name.
Rev 1:5-6 : 5 and from Jesus Christ, [who is] the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loveth us, and loosed us from our sins by his blood; 6 and he made us [to be] a kingdom, {G2532} [to be] priests unto his God and Father; to him [be] the glory and the dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Heb 2:11-15 : 11 For both he that sanctifieth and they that are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren, 12 saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, In the midst of the congregation will I sing thy praise. 13 And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold, I and the children whom God hath given me. 14 Since then the children are sharers in flesh and blood, he also himself in like manner partook of the same; that through death he might bring to nought him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; 15 and might deliver all them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
Ps 1:6 : 6 For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous; But the way of the wicked shall perish.
John 17:19 : 19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.
John 17:26 : 26 and I made known unto them thy name, and will make it known; that the love wherewith thou lovedst me may be in them, and I in them.
Ps 89:27 : 27 I also will make him [my] first-born, The highest of the kings of the earth.
Matt 7:23 : 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Matt 12:50 : 50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Matt 25:40 : 40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, [even] these least, ye did it unto me.
John 20:17 : 17 Jesus saith to her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended unto the Father: but go unto my brethren, and say to them, I ascend unto my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.
Rom 13:14 : 14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to [fulfil] the lusts [thereof].

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