27 But he that searcheth the hearts, knoweth what is the [a]meaning of the Spirit: for he maketh request for the Saints, [b]according to the will of God.

28 [c]Also we know that [d]all things work together for the best unto them that love God, even to them that are called of his [e]purpose.

29 For those which he knew before, he also predestinated to be made like to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 8:27 What sobs and sighs proceed from the instinct of his Spirit.
  2. Romans 8:27 Because he teacheth the godly to pray according to God’s will.
  3. Romans 8:28 Eighthly, we are not afflicted, either by chance or to our harm, but by God’s providence for our great profit, who as he chose us from the beginning, so hath he predestined us to be made like to the image of his Son: and therefore will bring us in his time, being called and justified, to glory, by the cross.
  4. Romans 8:28 Not only afflictions, but whatsoever else.
  5. Romans 8:28 He calleth that, Purpose, which God hath from everlasting appointed with himself according to his good will and pleasure.

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