Romans 8:17

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If we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in His sufferings so that we may also share in His glory.

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  • Gal 4:7 : 7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then also an heir through God.
  • Gal 3:29 : 29 If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
  • Titus 3:7 : 7 so that, being justified by His grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
  • Eph 3:6 : 6 This mystery is that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
  • Phil 1:29 : 29 For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him,
  • 2 Tim 2:10-14 : 10 For this reason, I endure all things for the sake of the elect, so they also may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus, along with eternal glory. 11 This saying is trustworthy: If we have died with Him, we will also live with Him. 12 If we endure, we will also reign with Him. If we deny Him, He will also deny us. 13 If we are unfaithful, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself. 14 Keep reminding them of these things, and solemnly warn them before God not to quarrel about words. Such arguments are useless and lead to the ruin of those who listen.
  • Rom 5:9-9 : 9 Much more then, since we have now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him. 10 For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.
  • Rom 5:17 : 17 For if, by the trespass of one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ.
  • John 17:24 : 24 Father, I desire that those You have given Me may be with Me where I am, to see My glory, the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
  • Acts 14:22 : 22 strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith, saying, 'We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God.'
  • Acts 20:32 : 32 And now, I entrust you, brothers, to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.
  • Heb 1:14 : 14 Are not all angels ministering spirits sent out to serve those who will inherit salvation?
  • Heb 6:17 : 17 Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath.
  • 2 Cor 1:7 : 7 And our hope for you is steadfast, because we know that as you share in our sufferings, you also share in our comfort.
  • 2 Cor 4:8-9 : 8 We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. 10 We always carry in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be displayed in our body. 11 For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal bodies. 12 So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.
  • 1 Pet 1:4 : 4 to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you,
  • 1 Pet 4:13 : 13 But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.
  • Rev 21:7 : 7 The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be their God, and they will be My child.
  • Rev 3:21 : 21 The one who conquers I will grant to sit with me on my throne, just as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on His throne.
  • Jas 2:5 : 5 Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?
  • Acts 26:18 : 18 to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.
  • Matt 16:24 : 24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me.
  • Matt 25:21 : 21 His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master.’
  • Luke 12:32 : 32 Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.
  • Luke 22:29-30 : 29 And I confer on you a kingdom, just as my Father conferred one on me, 30 so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
  • Luke 24:26 : 26 Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?"
  • John 12:25-26 : 25 The one who loves his life will lose it, and the one who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 26 If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me. And where I am, there My servant also will be. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.
  • Rom 8:3 : 3 For what the law could not do, weakened as it was by the flesh, God did. By sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as a sin offering, He condemned sin in the flesh.
  • Rom 8:29-30 : 29 For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. 30 And those He predestined, He also called; and those He called, He also justified; and those He justified, He also glorified.
  • 1 Cor 2:9 : 9 But as it is written: What no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and what has not entered the human heart—God has prepared these things for those who love Him.
  • 1 Cor 3:22-23 : 22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are yours, 23 and you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.

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  • Rom 8:18-19
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    18I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is going to be revealed to us.

    19For the creation eagerly waits with anticipation for the revelation of the children of God.

  • Rom 8:14-16
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    14For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.

    15You did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry out, 'Abba, Father.'

    16The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children.

  • 13But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.

  • 7So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then also an heir through God.

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    11This saying is trustworthy: If we have died with Him, we will also live with Him.

    12If we endure, we will also reign with Him. If we deny Him, He will also deny us.

  • 29If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

  • 1 John 3:1-2
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    1See how great a love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and this is what we are! The world does not know us because it did not know Him.

    2Beloved, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. But we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.

  • 8Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with Him.

  • Rom 8:21-23
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    21that the creation itself will also be liberated from the bondage to decay into the glorious freedom of God's children.

    22For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together with labor pains until now.

    23And not only that, but we ourselves who have the firstfruits of the Spirit—we also groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for adoption, the redemption of our bodies.

  • 5This is evidence of God's righteous judgment, so that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering.

  • Rom 8:31-32
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    31What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

    32He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all—how will He not also, along with Him, graciously give us all things?

  • 26So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith,

  • 28Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise.

  • 5For if we have been united with Him in the likeness of His death, we will certainly also be united with Him in the resurrection.

  • 7so that, being justified by His grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

  • Rom 8:35-37
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    35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?

    36As it is written: 'For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.'

    37No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.

  • 1I say that as long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a slave, even though he is the master of everything.

  • 16However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name.

  • Heb 12:7-8
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    7If you endure discipline, God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

    8If you are not disciplined—and everyone undergoes discipline—then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.

  • 4When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.

  • 26If one member suffers, all the members suffer with it. If one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.

  • Rom 8:9-10
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    9But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Him.

    10But if Christ is in you, even though the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit gives life because of righteousness.

  • 2 Cor 1:5-7
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    5For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.

    6If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces patient endurance of the same sufferings we also endure.

    7And our hope for you is steadfast, because we know that as you share in our sufferings, you also share in our comfort.

  • 8This means it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as offspring.

  • Rom 5:2-3
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    2Through Him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.

    3Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance.

  • 49And just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven.

  • 29For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him,

  • 5to redeem those under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.

  • 8Already you are full! Already you are rich! You have begun to reign without us—and how I wish that you really had begun to reign, so that we also might reign with you!

  • 14For we have become partakers of Christ, if indeed we hold firmly to the beginning of our confidence steadfast until the end.

  • 29For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.

  • 19If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.

  • 10For it was fitting for Him—for whom and through whom everything exists—to bring many sons to glory by making the pioneer of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

  • 7Therefore, know that those who have faith are children of Abraham.

  • 10I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,