Romans 8:29 Cross References - Moffatt

²⁹ For he decreed of old that those whom he predestined should share the likeness of his Son — that he might be the firstborn of a great brotherhood.

²³ Then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from my presence, you workers of iniquity.'

⁵⁰ Whoever does the will of my Father in heaven, that is my brother and sister and mother."

⁴⁰ The King will answer them, 'I tell you truly, in so far as you did it to one of these brothers of mine, even to the least of them, you did it to me.'

¹⁶ They do not belong to the world any more than I belong to the world.

¹⁹ and for their sake I consecrate myself that they may be consecrated by the truth.

²² Yea, I have given them the glory thou gavest me, that they may be one as we are one — ²³ I in them and thou in me — that they may be made perfectly one, so that the world may recognize that thou hast sent me and hast loved them as thou hast loved me.

²⁶ so have I declared, so will I declare, thy Name to them, that the love with which thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them."

¹⁷ Jesus said, "Cease clinging to me. I have not ascended yet to the Father, but go to my brothers and tell them, 'I am ascending to my Father and yours, to my God and yours.'"

²³ What if he means to show the wealth that lies in his glory for the objects of his mercy, whom he has made ready beforehand to receive glory —

² God has not repudiated his People, his predestined People! Surely you know what scripture says in the passage called 'Elijah'? You know how he pleads with God against Israel:

¹⁴ No, put on the character of the Lord Jesus Christ, and never think how to gratify the cravings of the flesh.

⁷ it is the mysterious Wisdom of God that we discuss, that hidden wisdom which God decreed from all eternity for our glory.

⁴⁹ Thus, as we have borne the likeness of material Man, so we are to bear the likeness of the heavenly Man.

¹⁸ But we all mirror the glory of the Lord with face unveiled, and so we are being transformed into the same likeness as himself, passing from one glory to another — for this comes of the Lord the Spirit.

⁴ He chose us in him ere the world was founded, to be consecrated and unblemished in his sight, ⁵ destining us in love to be his sons through Jesus Christ. Such was the purpose of his will,

¹¹ in the Christ in whom we have had our heritage allotted us (as was decreed in the design of him who carries out everything according to the counsel of his will),

²⁴ putting on the new nature, that divine pattern which has been created in the upright and pious character of the Truth.

²¹ who will transform the body that belongs to our low estate till it resembles the body of his Glory, by the same power that enables him to make everything subject to himself.

¹⁵ He is the likeness of the unseen God, born first before all the creation — ¹⁶ for it was by him that all things were created both in heaven and on earth, both the seen and the unseen, including Thrones, angelic Lords, celestial Powers and Rulers; all things have been created by him and for him; ¹⁷ he is prior to all, and all coheres in him. ¹⁸ Also, he is the head of the Body, that is, of the church, in virtue of his primacy as the first to be born from the dead — that gives him pre-eminence over all.

⁹ who has saved us and called us to a life of consecration — not for anything we have done but because he chose to do it himself, by the grace which he gave us ages ago in Christ Jesus

¹⁹ But the solid foundation laid by God remains, and this is its inscription: the Lord knows who are his, and 'let everyone who names the name of the Lord give up evil.'

⁵ For to what angel did God ever say, 'Thou art my son, to-day have I become thy father'? Or again, 'I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me'? ⁶ And further, when introducing the Firstborn into the world, he says, 'Let all God's angels worship him.'

¹¹ For sanctifier and sanctified have all one origin. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers, ¹² saying, 'I will proclaim thy name to my brothers, in the midst of the church I will sing of thee,' ¹³ and again, 'I will put my trust in him,' and again, 'Here am I and the children God has given me.' ¹⁴ Since the children then share blood and flesh, he himself participated in their nature, so that by dying he might crush him who wields the power of death (that is to say, the devil) ¹⁵ and release from thraldom those who lay under a life-long fear of death.

² whom God the Father has predestined and chosen, by the consecration of the Spirit, to obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood: may grace and peace be multiplied to you.

²⁰ He was predestined before the foundation of the world and has appeared at the end of the ages for your sake;

² We are children of God now, beloved; what we are to be is not apparent yet, but we do know that when he appears, we are to be like him — for we are to see him as he is.

⁵ and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the first-born from the dead, and the prince over the kings of earth; to him who loves us and has loosed us from our sins by shedding his blood — ⁶ he has made us a realm of priests for his God and Father, — to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever: Amen.

⁸ and all the dwellers on earth will be his worshippers, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of Life.