Romans 8:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And if we are children, we have a right to a part in the heritage; a part in the things of God, together with Christ; so that if we have a part in his pain, we will in the same way have a part in his glory.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἰ δὲ τέκνα, καὶ κληρονόμοι· κληρονόμοι Μὲν Θεοῦ, συγκληρονόμοι δὲ Χριστοῦ· εἴπερ συμπάσχομεν, ἵνα καὶ συνδοξασθῶμεν.

Transliteration

Ei de tekna, also klēronomoi; klēronomoi Men Theou, sygklēronomoi de Christou; eiper sympaschomen, hina also syndoxasthōmen.

Grammar Details

• *Ei*: conditional particle - if
• *de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and (correlates with *Men*)
• *tekna*: nominative neuter plural - children
• *kai*: conjunction - also/even
• *klēronomoi*: nominative masculine plural - heirs
• *Men*: correlative particle paired with *de* - on the one hand
• *Theou*: genitive masculine singular - of God
• *sygklēronomoi*: nominative masculine plural - joint heirs
• *Christou*: genitive masculine singular - of Christ
• *eiper*: conditional conjunction - if indeed/since
• *sympaschomen*: present active indicative 1st person plural - we suffer with
• *hina*: conjunction - so that/in order that
• *syndoxasthōmen*: aorist passive subjunctive 1st person plural - we might be glorified with

Word Meanings

• *klēronomoi*: heirs/inheritors
• *sygklēronomoi*: joint heirs/co-inheritors
• *eiper*: if indeed/provided that/since
• *sympaschomen*: we suffer with/share in suffering
• *syndoxasthōmen*: we might be glorified with/share in glory

Referenced Verses

• Gal 4:7 : 7 So that you are no longer a servant, but a son; and if a son, then the heritage of God is yours.
• Gal 3:29 : 29 And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and yours is the heritage by the right of God's undertaking given to Abraham.
• Titus 3:7 : 7 So that, having been given righteousness through grace, we might have a part in the heritage, the hope of eternal life.
• Eph 3:6 : 6 Which is that the Gentiles have a part in the heritage, and in the same body, and in the same hope in Christ through the good news,
• Phil 1:29 : 29 Because to you it has been given in the cause of Christ not only to have faith in him, but to undergo pain on his account:
• 2 Tim 2:10-14 : 10 But I undergo all things for the saints, so that they may have salvation in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. 11 This is a true saying: If we undergo death with him, then will we be living with him: 12 If we go on to the end, then we will be ruling with him: if we say we have no knowledge of him, then he will say he has no knowledge of us: 13 If we are without faith, still he keeps faith, for he will never be untrue to himself. 14 Put these things before them, giving them orders in the name of the Lord to keep themselves from fighting about words, which is of no profit, only causing error in their hearers.
• Rom 5:9-9 : 9 Much more, if we now have righteousness by his blood, will salvation from the wrath of God come to us through him. 10 For if, when we were haters of God, the death of his Son made us at peace with him, much more, now that we are his friends, will we have salvation through his life;
• Rom 5:17 : 17 For, if by the wrongdoing of one, death was ruling through the one, much more will those to whom has come the wealth of grace and the giving of righteousness, be ruling in life through the one, even Jesus Christ.
• John 17:24 : 24 Father, it is my desire that these whom you have given to me may be by my side where I am, so that they may see my glory which you have given to me, because you had love for me before the world came into being.
• Acts 14:22 : 22 Making strong the souls of the disciples, saying to them that they were to keep the faith, and that we have to go through troubles of all sorts to come into the kingdom of God.
• Acts 20:32 : 32 And now, I give you into the care of God and the word of his grace, which is able to make you strong and to give you your heritage among all the saints.
• Heb 1:14 : 14 Are they not all helping spirits, who are sent out as servants to those whose heritage will be salvation?
• Heb 6:17 : 17 So that when it was God's desire to make it specially clear to those who by his word were to have the heritage, that his purpose was fixed, he made it more certain with an oath;
• 2 Cor 1:7 : 7 And our hope for you is certain; in the knowledge that as you take part in the troubles, so you will take part in the comfort.
• 2 Cor 4:8-9 : 8 Troubles are round us on every side, but we are not shut in; things are hard for us, but we see a way out of them; 9 We are cruelly attacked, but not without hope; we are made low, but we are not without help; 10 In our bodies there is ever the mark of the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our bodies. 11 For, while living, we are still being given up to death because of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our flesh, though it is under the power of death. 12 So then, death is working in us, but life in you.
• 1 Pet 1:4 : 4 And a heritage fair, holy and for ever new, waiting in heaven for you,
• 1 Pet 4:13 : 13 But be glad that you are given a part in the pains of Christ; so that at the revelation of his glory you may have great joy.
• Rev 21:7 : 7 He who overcomes will have these things for his heritage; and I will be his God, and he will be my son.
• Rev 3:21 : 21 To him who overcomes I will give a place with me on my high seat, even as I overcame, and am seated with my Father on his high seat.
• Jas 2:5 : 5 Give ear, my dear brothers; are not those who are poor in the things of this world marked out by God to have faith as their wealth, and for their heritage the kingdom which he has said he will give to those who have love for him?
• Acts 26:18 : 18 To make their eyes open, turning them from the dark to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may have forgiveness of sins and a heritage among those who are made holy by faith in me.
• Matt 16:24 : 24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him give up all, and take up his cross, and come after me.
• Matt 25:21 : 21 His lord said to him, Well done, good and true servant: you have been true in a small thing, I will give you control over great things: take your part in the joy of your lord.
• Luke 12:32 : 32 Have no fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
• Luke 22:29-30 : 29 And I will give you a kingdom as my Father has given one to me, 30 So that you may take food and drink at my table in my kingdom, and be seated like kings, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
• Luke 24:26 : 26 Was it not necessary for the Christ to go through these things, and to come into his glory?
• John 12:25-26 : 25 He who is in love with life will have it taken from him; and he who has no care for his life in this world will keep it for ever and ever. 26 If any man is my servant, let him come after me; and where I am, there will my servant be. If any man becomes my servant, my Father will give him honour.
• Rom 8:3 : 3 For what the law was not able to do because it was feeble through the flesh, God, sending his Son in the image of the evil flesh, and as an offering for sin, gave his decision against sin in the flesh:
• Rom 8:29-30 : 29 Because those of whom he had knowledge before they came into existence, were marked out by him to be made like his Son, so that he might be the first among a band of brothers: 30 And those who were marked out by him were named; and those who were named were given righteousness; and to those to whom he gave righteousness, in the same way he gave glory.
• 1 Cor 2:9 : 9 But as it says in the holy Writings, Things which the eye saw not, and which had not come to the ears or into the heart of man, such things as God has made ready for those who have love for him.
• 1 Cor 3:22-23 : 22 Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours; 23 And you are Christ's; and Christ is God's.