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and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.
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A Guaranteed Inheritance
Commentators stress that unlike human families where inheritance can be uncertain, every adopted child of God is automatically an heir. This inheritance is not just what God gives, but, as multiple scholars note, God Himself—His presence, favor, and glory. Our status as children guarantees our future as heirs.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And if children. If adopted into His family.
Then heirs. That is, He will treat us as sons. An heir is one who su…
Joint-heirs with Christ (συνκληρονομο Χριστου). A late rare double compound, in Philo, an Ephesian inscription of the imperial per…
19th Century
Anglican
One characteristic of the son is that he is his father’s heir. So it is with the Christian. He, too, has an inheritance—an inheritance of glory whi…
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Baptist
And if children, then heirs: heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ;
Oh that if – "if children." There are some that get over a…
The Spirit’s ministry set forth in these verses may be thought of as his attestation, in which he confirms for believers the reality of their posit…
16th Century
Protestant
And if children, etc. By an argument taken from what is connected or what follows, he proves that our salvation consists in havin…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And if children, then heirs
Children, whether natural or adopted, are heirs to their parents, and according to the…
If the Spirit is in us, Christ is in us. He dwells in the heart by faith. Grace in the soul is its new nature; the soul is alive to God, and has be…
13th Century
Catholic
After stating that the life of glory, which will exclude all mortality from our bodies, will be given to us through the Holy Spirit, the Apostle no…
