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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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Albert Barnes
On Romans 8:17
18th Century
Theologian
And if children. If adopted into His family.
Then heirs. That is, He will treat us as sons. An heir is one who su…
AT Robertson
On Romans 8:17
Joint-heirs with Christ (συνκληρονομο Χριστου). A late rare double compound, in Philo, an Ephesian inscription of the imperial per…
Charles Ellicott
On Romans 8:17
19th Century
Bishop
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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Charles Spurgeon
On Romans 8:17
19th Century
Preacher
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Romans 8:17
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…
John Calvin
On Romans 8:17
16th Century
Theologian
And if children, etc. By an argument taken from what is connected or what follows, he proves that our salvation consists in havin…
John Gill
On Romans 8:17
17th Century
Pastor
And if children, then heirs
Children, whether natural or adopted, are heirs to their parents, and according to the…
Matthew Henry
On Romans 8:10–17
17th Century
Minister
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…