Romans 8:30

ἐκάλεσεν. Of the stage in which GOD’S purpose is first made known to the individual, in the call to be a Christian heard and, in this case, obeyed. A favourite idea in S. Paul and S. Peter; cf. Romans 1:1; Romans 1:7.

ἐδικαίωσεν. Justified sc. in answer to faith, as they are οἱ�. θ.

ἐδόξασεν. This is generally taken to refer to the final glory of the future state, cf. 19. But the aorist is a difficulty, and is not satisfactorily explained. 2 Corinthians 3:18; 2 Corinthians 4:11 show that even under present conditions there is conferred upon Christians a ‘glory’ or manifestation in them of GOD, which is plain to those who have eyes to see. It is the ‘glory’ of the regenerate life in Christ, the manifest working in them of the Spirit, the earnest and promise of that future state. This passage is full of the ideas of 2 Corinthians 3:4 to 2 Corinthians 4:12, and we may therefore without hesitation interpret ἐδόξασεν by the help of that passage; cf. John 12:23; John 17:1 : and n. 1 Peter 2:12 (for the effect upon others) and esp. above Romans 3:23 n.; so = συμμόρφους κ.τ.λ. 29.