For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
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Gill's Exposition
For whom he did foreknow,.... The foreknowledge of God here, does not intend his prescience of all things future; by which he foreknows and foretells things to come, and which distinguishes him from…
Barnes' Notes
For whom he did foreknow - The word used here προέγνω proegnō has been the subject of almost endless disputes in regard to its meaning in this place. The literal meaning of the word cannot be a…
Adam Clarke
For whom he did foreknow, etc. - "In this and the following verse the apostle shows how our calling is an argument that all things work together to advance our eternal happiness, by showing the…
The apostle, having reckoned up so many ingredients of the happiness of true believers, comes here to represent the ground of them all, which he lays in predestination. These precious privileges are…
Cambridge Bible
For The word introduces a fuller account of the "Call according to Purpose."
he did foreknow Same word as Rom 11:2; 1Pe 1:20 (E. V. "foreordained"). The noun occurs Act 2:23; 1Pe 1:2. Comparing this…
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