Romans 8:29

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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:

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  • Eph 1:4-5 : 4 Even as he made selection of us in him from the first, so that we might be holy and free from all evil before him in love: 5 As we were designed before by him for the position of sons to himself, through Jesus Christ, in the good pleasure of his purpose,
  • Jer 1:5 : 5 Before you were formed in the body of your mother I had knowledge of you, and before your birth I made you holy; I have given you the work of being a prophet to the nations.
  • Eph 1:11 : 11 In whom we have a heritage, being marked out from the first in his purpose who does all things in agreement with his designs;
  • 2 Tim 1:9 : 9 Who gave us salvation, marking us out for his purpose, not on account of our works, but in the measure of his purpose and his grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,
  • 1 Pet 1:20 : 20 Who was marked out by God before the making of the world, but was caused to be seen in these last times for you,
  • Rev 13:8 : 8 And all who are on the earth will give him worship, everyone whose name has not been from the first in the book of life of the Lamb who was put to death.
  • 2 Tim 2:19 : 19 But God's strong base is unchanging, having this sign, The Lord has knowledge of those who are his: and, Let everyone by whom the name of the Lord is named be turned away from evil.
  • 1 Cor 2:7 : 7 But we give the news of the secret wisdom of God, which he had kept in store before the world came into existence, for our glory;
  • 1 Pet 1:2 : 2 Who, through the purpose of God, have been made holy by the Spirit, disciples of Jesus, made clean by his blood: May you have grace and peace in full measure.
  • 1 John 3:2 : 2 My loved ones, now we are children of God, and at present it is not clear what we are to be. We are certain that at his revelation we will be like him; for we will see him as he is.
  • 1 Cor 15:49 : 49 And in the same way as we have taken on us the image of the man from the earth, so we will take on us the image of the one from heaven.
  • Rom 9:23 : 23 And to make clear the wealth of his glory to vessels of mercy, which he had before made ready for glory,
  • 2 Cor 3:18 : 18 But we all, with unveiled face giving back as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord who is the Spirit.
  • Rom 11:2 : 2 God has not put away the people of his selection. Or have you no knowledge of what is said about Elijah in the holy Writings? how he says words to God against Israel,
  • Col 1:15-18 : 15 Who is the image of the unseen God coming into existence before all living things; 16 For by him all things were made, in heaven and on earth, things seen and things unseen, authorities, lords, rulers, and powers; all things were made by him and for him; 17 He is before all things, and in him all things have being. 18 And he is the head of the body, the church: the starting point of all things, the first to come again from the dead; so that in all things he might have the chief place.
  • Phil 3:21 : 21 By whom this poor body of ours will be changed into the image of the body of his glory, in the measure of the working by which he is able to put all things under himself.
  • John 17:16 : 16 They are not of the world any more than I am of the world.
  • Eph 4:24 : 24 And put on the new man, to which God has given life, in righteousness and a true and holy way of living.
  • Heb 1:5-6 : 5 To which of the angels did God say at any time, You are my Son, this day I have given you being? or, I will be his Father, and he will be my Son? 6 And again, when he is sending his only Son into the world, he says, Let all the angels of God give him worship.
  • Exod 33:12 : 12 And Moses said to the Lord, See, you say to me, Be this people's guide on their journey, but you have not made clear to me whom you will send with me. But you have said, I have knowledge of you by name, and you have grace in my eyes.
  • John 17:22-23 : 22 And the glory which you have given to me I have given to them, so that they may be one even as we are one; 23 I in them, and you in me, so that they may be made completely one, and so that it may become clear to all men that you have sent me and that they are loved by you as I am loved by you.
  • Exod 33:17 : 17 And the Lord said to Moses, I will do as you say: for you have grace in my eyes, and I have knowledge of you by your name.
  • Rev 1:5-6 : 5 And from Jesus Christ, the true witness, the first to come back from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who had love for us and has made us clean from our sins by his blood; 6 And has made us to be a kingdom and priests to his God and Father; to him let glory and power be given for ever and ever. So be it.
  • Heb 2:11-15 : 11 For he who makes holy and those who are made holy are all of one family; and for this reason it is no shame for him to give them the name of brothers, 12 Saying, I will give the knowledge of your name to my brothers, I will make a song of praise to you before the church. 13 And again he says, I will put my faith in him. And again, See, I am here, and the children which God has given to me. 14 And because the children are flesh and blood, he took a body himself and became like them; so that by his death he might put an end to him who had the power of death, that is to say, the Evil One; 15 And let those who all their lives were in chains because of their fear of death, go free.
  • Ps 1:6 : 6 Because the Lord sees the way of the upright, but the end of the sinner is destruction.
  • John 17:19 : 19 And for them I make myself holy, so that they may be made truly holy.
  • John 17:26 : 26 And I have given to them knowledge of your name, and will give it, so that the love which you have for me may be in them and I in them.
  • Ps 89:27 : 27 And I will make him the first of my sons, most high over the kings of the earth.
  • Matt 7:23 : 23 And then will I say to them, I never had knowledge of you: go from me, you workers of evil.
  • Matt 12:50 : 50 For whoever does the pleasure of my Father in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.
  • Matt 25:40 : 40 And the King will make answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, Because you did it to the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.
  • John 20:17 : 17 Jesus said to her, Do not put your hand on me, for I have not gone up to the Father: but go to my brothers and say to them, I go up to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.
  • Rom 13:14 : 14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not give thought to the flesh to do its desires.

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    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.

    31 What may we say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us?

    32 He who did not keep back his only Son, but gave him up for us all, will he not with him freely give us all things?

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  • Rom 8:27-28
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    27 And he who is the searcher of hearts has knowledge of the mind of the Spirit, because he is making prayers for the saints in agreement with the mind of God.

    28 And we are conscious that all things are working together for good to those who have love for God, and have been marked out by his purpose.

  • Eph 1:3-6
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    3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has given us every blessing of the Spirit in the heavens in Christ:

    4 Even as he made selection of us in him from the first, so that we might be holy and free from all evil before him in love:

    5 As we were designed before by him for the position of sons to himself, through Jesus Christ, in the good pleasure of his purpose,

    6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely gave to us in the Loved One:

  • Eph 1:11-12
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    11 In whom we have a heritage, being marked out from the first in his purpose who does all things in agreement with his designs;

    12 So that his glory might have praise through us who first had hope in Christ:

  • 1 Pet 1:20
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    20 Who was marked out by God before the making of the world, but was caused to be seen in these last times for you,

  • Rom 9:23
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    23 And to make clear the wealth of his glory to vessels of mercy, which he had before made ready for glory,

  • Rom 9:10-12
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    10 And not only so, but Rebecca being about to have a child by our father Isaac--

    11 Before the children had come into existence, or had done anything good or bad, in order that God's purpose and his selection might be effected, not by works, but by him whose purpose it is,

    12 It was said to her, The older will be the servant of the younger.

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    15 Who is the image of the unseen God coming into existence before all living things;

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    14 And all those who are guided by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

  • Eph 1:8-9
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    8 Which he gave us in full measure in all wisdom and care;

    9 Having made clear to us the secret of his purpose, in agreement with the design which he had in mind, to put into his hands

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    10 For by his act we were given existence in Christ Jesus to do those good works which God before made ready for us so that we might do them.

  • Rom 8:17-19
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    17 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.

    18 I am of the opinion that there is no comparison between the pain of this present time and the glory which we will see in the future.

    19 For the strong desire of every living thing is waiting for the revelation of the sons of God.

  • 1 John 3:1-2
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    1 See what great love the Father has given us in naming us the children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not see who we are, because it did not see who he was.

    2 My loved ones, now we are children of God, and at present it is not clear what we are to be. We are certain that at his revelation we will be like him; for we will see him as he is.

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    4 Being conscious, my brothers, dear to God, that you have been marked out by God's purpose;

  • 2 Tim 1:9
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    9 Who gave us salvation, marking us out for his purpose, not on account of our works, but in the measure of his purpose and his grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

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    18 Of his purpose he gave us being, by his true word, so that we might be, in a sense, the first-fruits of all the things which he had made.

  • Rom 8:21-23
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    21 That all living things will be made free from the power of death and will have a part with the free children of God in glory.

    22 For we are conscious that all living things are weeping and sorrowing in pain together till now.

    23 And not only so, but we who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we have sorrow in our minds, waiting for the time when we will take our place as sons, that is, the salvation of our bodies.

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    11 Which is seen in his eternal purpose in Christ Jesus our Lord:

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    36 As it is said in the holy Writings, Because of you we are put to death every day; we are like sheep ready for destruction.

    37 But we are able to overcome all these things and more through his love.

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    10 Because it was right for him, for whom and through whom all things have being, in guiding his sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation complete through pain.

  • 1 Cor 1:29-30
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    29 So that no flesh might have glory before God.

    30 But God has given you a place in Christ Jesus, through whom God has given us wisdom and righteousness and salvation, and made us holy:

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    13 But it is right for us to give praise to God at all times for you, brothers, loved by the Lord, because it was the purpose of God from the first that you might have salvation, being made holy by the Spirit and by faith in what is true:

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    18 Says the Lord, who has made these things clear from the earliest times.

  • Rom 9:8
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    8 That is, it is not the children of the flesh, but the children of God's undertaking, who are named as the seed.

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    2 Who, through the purpose of God, have been made holy by the Spirit, disciples of Jesus, made clean by his blood: May you have grace and peace in full measure.

  • Rom 1:2
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    2 Of which God had given word before by his prophets in the holy Writings,

  • Phil 3:10
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    10 That I may have knowledge of him, and of the power of his coming back from the dead, and a part with him in his pains, becoming like him in his death;

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    8 Who will give you strength to the end, to be free from all sin in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

    9 God is true, through whom you have been given a part with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

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    19 Because the knowledge of God may be seen in them, God having made it clear to them.

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    5 Whose are the fathers, and of whom came Christ in the flesh, who is over all, God, to whom be blessing for ever. So be it.

  • Phil 3:21
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    21 By whom this poor body of ours will be changed into the image of the body of his glory, in the measure of the working by which he is able to put all things under himself.