Work together [σ υ ν ε ρ γ ε ι]. Or, are working together, now, while the creation is in travail. Together refers to the common working of all the elements included in panta all things.
For good. Jacob cried, all these things are against me. Paul, all things are working together for good.
ROMANS 8:28 sunergei/ {B} Although the reading sunergei/ o` qeo,j (î46 A B 81 copsa (eth) Origengr2/5) is both ancient and noteworthy, a majority of the Committee deemed it too narrowly supported to...
Verse 28. _AND WE KNOW THAT ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD_ _to them that love God_] To understand this verse aright, let us observe: 1. That the persons in whose behalf all things work for good a...
AND WE KNOW - This verse introduces another source of consolation and support, drawn from the fact that all flyings are under the direction of an infinitely wise Being, who has purposed the salvation...
CHAPTER 8 _ 1. In Christ; no Condemnation but Deliverance. (Romans 8:1 .)_ 2. Flesh and Spirit. (Romans 8:5 .) 3. The Body and the Spirit. (Romans 8:9 .) 4. Sons and Heirs of God. ...
THE CHRISTIAN ASSURANCE. Romans 8:28. One thing we do know, that all goes well for those that love God including their worst sufferings (Romans 8:18; cf. Romans 5:3)....
Even so, the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know what we should pray, if we are to pray as we ought. But the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings which baffle speech to utte...
THE LIBERATION OF OUR HUMAN NATURE (Romans 8:1-4)...
AND. But. WORK TOGETHER. Greek. _sunergeo._ Only here, Mark 16:20; 1 Corinthians 16:16; 2 Corinthians 6:1.James 2:22
_And we knew_, &c. Here appears a fresh assurance of safety. We have seen (1) the certainty of the son-ship of the believer; (2) the fact that his sorrows are only the prelude of glory; (3) the Divine...
Security of the Justified: the Holy Spirit's aid given to them: Eternal Glory prepared for them: the Divine purpose leads them thither...
The thought passes from man’s striving in prayer with the help of the Spirit, to GOD’S constant activity for man, to promote that good, which is the object, even when unexpressed or inexpressible, of...
The interpretation of the character and obligations of human life, under the power of the indwelling Spirit, in relation to creation and to GOD. (12) If then all this is true, that our spirit in its w...
ΟΪΔΑΜΕΝ _perf. ind. act. от_ ΟΙΔΑ (G1492), _см._ Romans 8:27. Это знание является распространенным утверждением веры (Dunn), ΆΓΑΠΏΣΙΝ _praes. act. part. dat. masc. pl. от_ ΆΓΑΠΆΩ (G25) любить. Part,...
DISCOURSE: 1877 ALL THINGS WORK FOR GOOD Romans 8:28. _We know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose_. TRUE believers have...
AND WE KNOW, &C.— In the summary which we have given on Romans 8:12 we observed that this is the _seventh_ argument advanced by the Apostle to reconcile Christians to sufferings: "Whatever befals us,...
_TEXT_ Romans 8:28-30. And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose. Romans 8:29 For whom he foreknew, he also foreor...
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. AND - rather, 'Moreover,' 'Now,' or some other such word, to mark, be...
__ Conciliation-Individual 11 Mortal bodies are such as are dying, in a physical sense. Their vivification cannot refer to the future resurrection, but to the present power of God's Spirit to use an...
8:28 *do* (k-3) Refers to ver. 26....
THE NEW LIFE IN CHEIST IN RELATION TO GOD AND THE SPIRIT It was shown in Romans 5:12. that condemnation for the _guilt_ of sin is done away by justification through faith in Christ. The question as to...
CALLED] see on Romans 1:6. ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE] cp. Romans 9:11. St. Paul does not say that Gods purpose is to save some and reject others, but 'that he might have mercy upon all' (Romans 11:32)....
PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS ROMANS _HILDA BRIGHT AND KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 8 THE *HOLY SPIRIT AND GOD’S CHILDREN 8:1-39 FREEDOM FROM *SINFUL NATURE 8:1-4 V1 Therefore the people who belong to...
ALL THINGS. — Persecution and suffering included. WORK TOGETHER. — Contribute. There is a rather remarkable reading here, found in the Vatican and Alexandrian MSS., and in Origen, inserting “God” as...
(28-30) These verses contain a third reason for the patience of the Christian. He knows that whatever happens, all things are really working together for good to him....
CHAPTER 19 THE SPIRIT OF PRAYER IN THE SAINTS: THEIR PRESENT AND ETERNAL WELFARE IN THE LOVE OF Romans 8:26 IN the last paragraph the music of this glorious didactic prophecy passed, in some solemn...
Conclusion of the argument: the Apostle glories in the assurance of God's eternal and unchangeable love in Jesus Christ. οἴδαμεν δὲ = further, we know: in a sense this is one ground more for believing...
HOPING FOR THE COMPLETED REDEMPTION Romans 8:18 Creation groans for freedom from the serpent's trail. Like a captive maiden she sighs to be delivered from the curse which sin has brought upon her. Th...
The opening sentences of this chapter show a remarkable contrast with the previous chapter. From the fearful sense of condemnation we pass into the consciousness of no condemnation. Having shown the n...
(25) And we know that (l) all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to [his] (m) purpose. (25) Eighthly, we are not afflicted, either by chance or...
To them that love God, all things work together unto good. All trials, temptations, afflictions, must be taken as coming from the hand of God, who ordains or permits them for the greater good of his e...
NINETEENTH PASSAGE (ROMANS 8:18-30). COMPLETION OF THE PLAN OF SALVATION, NOTWITHSTANDING THE MISERIES OF OUR PRESENT CONDITION. In speaking of the full victory gained by the Spirit of Christ over the...
_ On predestination as taught Romans 8:28-30_. Wherein consists the divine predestination undoubtedly taught by the apostle in this passage? Does it in his view exclude the free will of man, or, on th...
THIRD SECTION (8:1-39). THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE JUSTIFIED BELIEVER. At the close of the preceding section, the apostle had contrasted the _oldness of letter_, a term by which he denotes the...
“ _But we know that all things work together_, _for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to the design formed beforehand._ ” We have shown how mistaken those expositors are...
For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. (19) For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manif...
The circumstances under which the epistle to the Romans was written gave occasion to the most thorough and comprehensive unfolding, not of the church, but of Christianity. No apostle had ever yet visi...
28._And we know_, _etc. _He now draws this conclusion from what had been said, that so far are the troubles of this life from hindering our salvation, that, on the contrary, they are helps to it. It i...
"There is therefore now no condemnation to those which are in Christ Jesus" (Chapter 8). He does not here speak of the efficacy of the blood in putting away sins (all-essential as that blood is, and t...
And we know that all things work together for good,.... There is a temporal good, and a spiritual good, and an eternal one. Temporal good is what the men of the world are seeking after, and generally...
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to _his_ purpose. Ver. 28. _All things work together_] Not affliction only (as some woul...
_And we know_ Though we do not always know particularly what to pray for as we ought, yet this we know, _that all things_ Namely, that occur in the course of divine providence, such as worldly losses...
ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD TO THEM THAT LOVE GOD; love to God distinguishes true Christians from all other men. He that loveth God is born of him, and all things shall work together for his goo...
The assurance of God's eternal decree:...
AND WE KNOW THAT ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD TO THEM THAT LOVE GOD, TO THEM WHO ARE THE CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE....
DELIVERANCE SIMPLY BY GOD'S TRUTH We come now, in the first four verses here, to the deliverance itself. Is this to be by means of experience? A mere glance at the verses will show us it is decidedly...
VERY IMPORTANT PASSAGE We know - understand, have the information All things - not some, but ALL Work together - two bad things can work together Salt = Sodium and Chloride Water = Hydrogen and O...
AND WE KNOW THAT TO THEM THAT LOVE GOD ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD, EVEN TO THEM THAT ARE CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE. "WE KNOW" -in. sense this is one ground more for believing in the glori...
28-31 That is good for the saints which does their souls good. Every providence tends to the spiritual good of those that love God; in breaking them off from sin, bringing them nearer to God, weaning...
Another argument to comfort us under the cross, from the benefits of it; WE KNOW THAT ALL THINGS, &C. It is not matter of guess only and conjecture, but of certainty and assurance. How is this known?...
And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose. [In addition to the encouragements already mentioned, there is this: We...
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book III "For if God foreknew those who are called, according to His purpose, to be conformed to the image of His Son," for whose sake, according to the blessed ap...
Romans 8:28 And G1161 know G1492 (G5758) things G3956 together G4903 (G5719) for G1519 good G18 who...
THE BELIEVER CAN REST IN TOTAL ASSURANCE BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT GOD IS WORKING HIS PURPOSES OUT FROM BEGINNING TO END. HE CAN THEREFORE REST IN THE CERTAINTY OF HIS LOVE WHATEVER BEFALLS (8:28-39). Now...
‘And we know that to those who love God all things work together for good, even to those who are called according to his purpose.' In contrast to what God knows (Romans 8:27) is what ‘we know'. Our kn...
Romans 8:28. AND WE KNOW. Comp. references under Romans 8:22. Here the context unmistakably indicates that this is an expression of Christian experience. ALL THINGS. All events, even afflictive ones...
2. GROUNDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT, ATTESTING THE BELIEVER'S SECURITY. The life in the Spirit involves fellowship with Christ in suffering and glory (Romans 8:17). The sufferings are present, while the glory...
Romans 8:28-39. The _third_ ground of encouragement; the Christian has nothing to fear, for nothing can separate him from the love of God (see analysis above)....
3. _THE LIFE IN THE SPIRIT OVER AGAINST THE FAILURE OF THE LAW; THE GOSPEL AS THE POWER OF GOD UNTO PRESENT SALVATION FROM SIN_ . This chapter is ‘the climax of the Epistle' (Tholuck). The gospel is a...
ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER (παντα συνεργε). A B have ο θεος as the subject of συνεργε (old verb, see on 1 Corinthians 16:16; 2 Corinthians 6:1). That is the idea anyhow. It is God who makes "all thing...
Romans 8:28 I. Five Divine acts, through each of which in regular succession the purpose of salvation advances to its accomplishment, are linked by St. Paul into one golden chain, of which one end is...
Romans 8:28 I. St. Paul believes that there is a purpose, an end, towards which events are tending. It looks at first sight like a faith rather than the conclusion of an argument. Reason alone, it has...
Romans 8:28. And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be con...
Romans 8:18. _For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us._ Paul made «the sufferings of this present time» into a...
Romans 8:15. _For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear;_ You did receive it once. You needed it. You were in sin, and it was well for you when sin became bondage to you. It was gr...
Romans 8:19. _For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God._ The whole creation is in a waiting posture, waiting for the glory yet to be revealed. Rom...
Romans 8:14. _For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God._ Leading implies following; and those who are enabled to follow the guidance of the Divine Spirit are most assured...
Romans 8:14. _For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God._ Not those who say they are «the sons of God,» but those who undoubtedly prove that they are, by being led, influe...
Romans 8:1. _There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit._ «No condemnation»: that is the beginning of the chapter. No...
The words we are about to read follow a passage in which the Apostle describes the conflict of his soul. It is rather singular that it should be so. To catch the contrast, let us just begin at the en...
Romans 8:23. _And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body._...
Romans 8:26. _Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be utt...
Romans 8:1. _There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus,_ Observe that Paul writes «There is therefore,» for he is stating a truth which is founded upon solid argument....
Romans 8:26. _Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities:_ Our weaknesses, our insufficiencies, our inabilities: the Spirit of God comes in to be a helper to the children of God. Romans 8:26....
Romans 8:26. _Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities:_ Oh, how many these are! Want of memory, want of faith, want of earnestness, ignorance, pride, deadness, coldness of heart, these are s...
Romans 8:1. _There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit._ To my mind one of the sweetest words of that verse is that...
CONTENTS: The new law of the Holy Spirit in the believer, giving deliverance from sinful nature. The full result of the Gospel in the believer and his security. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, P...
The first four verses of this chapter belong to the preseding one, and deduce the just conclusions therefrom, that the state of fallen man is a state of condemnation and legal bondage that he cannot e...
WE KNOW THAT IN ALL THINGS. God is able to use suffering, sadness, poverty, imprisonment, death, etc., to call his people to Eternity. "Every problem contains an opportunity, and every opportunity con...
_And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God._ ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD TO THEM THAT LOVE GOD I. It is abundantly obvious of many a single adversity--that a grea...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 8:28 GOOD in this context means being like Christ (v. Romans 8:29), enjoying closer fellowship with God, bearing good fruit for the kingdom, and final glori
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 8:18 Paul began this major section of the letter (Romans 5:1) by emphasizing the final hope of believers (Rom
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 8:28. ALL THINGS.—Without exception—all things visible and invisible, our troubles, even our sins. _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Romans 8:28_ Consoling knowledge.—St. P...
EXPOSITION ROMANS 8:1 (_c_) _The blessed condition and assured hope of such as are in Christ _Jesus. The summary of the contents of this chapter, which follows the Exposition, may be referred to in...
Let's turn to the eighth chapter of Romans. Fasten your seatbelts as we take off. In the seventh chapter of the book of Romans, Paul has come to the realization that the law is spiritual. While he was...
1 Corinthians 2:9; 1 John 4:10; 1 John 4:19; 1 John 5:2; 1 John 5:3;...
SOME THINGS WE KNOW Romans 8:26 INTRODUCTORY WORDS In the realms of the humanly unknowable and unknown, the Word of God is sure and steadfast. We can say, "I know this," or, "I know that," when God...
And we know — This in general; though we do not always know particularly what to pray for. That all things — Ease or pain, poverty or riches, and the ten thousand changes of life. Work together for go...
That is, "All dispensations of providence whatsoever, whether they be ordinary afflictions, or extraordinary trials, which do befall the children of God in this life, shall certainly be directed by hi...