Romans 8:17

Bishops' Bible (1568)

If we be sonnes, then are we also heyres, the heyres of God, and ioyntheyres with Christe: So that we suffer together, that we may be also glorified together.

📖 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 Wherfore thou art no more a seruaunt, but a sonne: If thou be a sonne, thou art also an heire of God, through Christ.
• Gal 3:29 : 29 If ye be Christes, then are ye Abrahams seede, and heyres accordyng to the promise.
• Titus 3:7 : 7 That we iustified by his grace, should be made heyres accordyng to the hope of eternall lyfe.
• Eph 3:6 : 6 That the gentiles shoulde be inheritours also, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christe, by the Gospell:
• Phil 1:29 : 29 For vnto you it is geuen for Christe, not only this to beleue on hym: but also this, to suffer for his sake,
• 2 Tim 2:10-14 : 10 Therfore I suffer all thynges for the electes sakes, that they myght also obtaine the saluation, which is in Christ Iesus, with eternall glorie. 11 It is a faythfull saying: for yf we be dead with hym, we shall also lyue with hym: 12 If we be patient, we shall also raigne with hym: If we denie hym, he also shall denie vs. 13 If we be vnfaythful, he abideth faithfull, he can not denie hym selfe. 14 Of these thynges put them in remembraunce, testifie before the Lorde, that they striue not about wordes to no profite, but to the peruertyng of ye hearers.
• Rom 5:9-9 : 9 Muche more then nowe, we that are iustified by his blood, shalbe saued from wrath through hym. 10 For, yf when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his sonne: much more, seyng we are reconciled, we shalbe saued by his lyfe.
• Rom 5:17 : 17 For yf by the sinne of one, death raigned by the meanes of one: much more they, whiche receaue aboundaunce of grace, and of the gyfte of ryghteousnes, shall raigne in life by the meanes of one, Iesus Christe.
• John 17:24 : 24 Father, I wyll that they which thou hast geuen me, be with me where I am, that they may see my glorie which thou hast geuen me. For thou louedst me, before the foundation of the world.
• Acts 14:22 : 22 And strengthed the disciples soules agayne, and exhorted them to continue in the fayth, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kyngdome of God.
• Acts 20:32 : 32 And nowe brethren I commende you to God, and to the worde of his grace, which is able to buylde further, and to geue you an inheritaunce among all the which are sanctified.
• Heb 1:14 : 14 Are they not all ministring spirites, sent foorth into ministerie for their sakes which shalbe heyres of saluation?
• Heb 6:17 : 17 Wherein God wyllyng very aboundauntly to shewe vnto the heires of promise, the stablenesse of his counsayle, confirmed by an oth:
• 2 Cor 1:7 : 7 And our hope is stedfast, insomuch as we knowe howe that as ye are partakers of ye afflictions, so ye be partakers also of the consolation.
• 2 Cor 4:8-9 : 8 We are troubled on euery syde, yet are we not without shyft. We are in pouertie, but not vtterly without somewhat. 9 We suffer persecution, but are not forsaken therin. We are cast downe, but we perisshe not. 10 We alwayes beare about in the body the dying of the Lorde Iesus, that the lyfe of Iesus myght also appeare in our bodie. 11 For we which lyue, are alwayes deliuered vnto death for Iesus sake, that the lyfe also of Iesu myght appeare in our mortall flesshe. 12 So then, death worketh in vs, but life in you.
• 1 Pet 1:4 : 4 To an inheritaunce immortall, and vndefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserued in heauen for you,
• 1 Pet 4:13 : 13 But reioyce, in as much as ye are partakers of Christes passions: that when his glory appeareth, ye maye be mery and glad.
• Rev 21:7 : 7 He that ouercommeth, shall inherite all thynges, and I wyl be his God, and he shalbe my sonne.
• Rev 3:21 : 21 To hym that ouercommeth, wyll I graunt to sitte with me in my throne, euen as I ouercame, and haue sitten with my father in his throne.
• Jas 2:5 : 5 Hearken my deare beloued brethren. Hath not God chosen the poore of this worlde, such as are riche in fayth, and heyres of the kyngdome, which he promised to them that loue hym?
• Acts 26:18 : 18 To open their eyes, that they may be turned from darknesse to lyght, & from the power of Satan vnto God, that they may receaue forgeuenes of sinnes, & inheritaunce among them which are sanctified by fayth that is towarde me.
• Matt 16:24 : 24 Then sayde Iesus vnto his disciples: If any man wyll folowe me, let hym forsake him selfe, and take vp his crosse, and folowe me.
• Matt 25:21 : 21 His Lorde saide vnto him: Well done, thou good and faythfull seruaut. Thou hast ben faythfull ouer fewe thynges, I wyll make thee ruler ouer manye thynges: enter thou into the ioy of thy Lorde.
• Luke 12:32 : 32 Feare not litle flocke, for it is your fathers pleasure to geue you a kyngdome.
• Luke 22:29-30 : 29 And I appoynt vnto you a kingdome, as my father hath appoynted vnto me. 30 That ye may eate and drynke at my table in my kyngdome, & sit on seates iudgyng the twelue tribes of Israel.
• Luke 24:26 : 26 Ought not Christe to haue suffered these thinges, & to enter into his glory?
• John 12:25-26 : 25 He that loueth his lyfe, shall destroy it: and he that hateth his lyfe in this worlde, shall kepe it vnto lyfe eternall. 26 If any man minister vnto me, let hym folowe me: And where I am, there shall also my minister be. If any man minister vnto me, hym wyll my father honour.
• Rom 8:3 : 3 For what the lawe coulde not do, in as much as it was weake through the fleshe, God sendyng his owne sonne, in the similitude of sinfull fleshe, euen by sinne, condempned sinne in the fleshe:
• Rom 8:29-30 : 29 For those which he knewe before, he also dyd predestinate, that they shoulde be lyke fashioned vnto the shape of his sonne, that he myght be ye first begotten among many brethren. 30 Moreouer, whom he dyd predestinate, the also he called. And whom he called, them also he iustified: And whom he iustified, them he also glorified.
• 1 Cor 2:9 : 9 But as it is written: The eye hath not seen, & the eare hath not heard, neither haue entred into the heart of man, the thynges which God hath prepared for them that loue hym.
• 1 Cor 3:22-23 : 22 Whether it be Paul, or Apollo, or Cephas, either the worlde, either lyfe, or death, whether they be present thinges, or thynges to come, all are yours: 23 And ye are Christes, and Christe (is) Gods.