Called (εκαλεσεν)

--Justified (εδικαιωσεν)

--Glorified (εδοξασεν). All first aoris…

Moreover. In this verse, to show Christians the true consolation to be derived from the fact that they are predestined, the Apostle states…

Predestinate.—This is the term which seems most to interfere with human free-will. Foreknowledge does not interfere with free-will…

For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? But if we hope for that we see not…

Verse 28 begins with the notion that God works for the good of believers. This thought is connected with the foregoing section in that we now have …

And whom He foredetermined, (præfinivit), them He also called, etc. So that he might now show by a clearer proof how true it is t…

Moreover, whom he did predestinate
Not to sufferings, which are not expressed nor designed, but to grace and glory after menti…

That is good for the saints which benefits their souls. Every providence tends to the spiritual good of those who love God; in breaking them off fr…

1. Having shown that the Holy Spirit helps us in the weakne es of the present life regarding the fulfillment of our desires, the Apostle now…