17And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
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Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-25)In these words the apostle describes a fourth illustrious branch of the happiness of believers, namely, a title to the future glory. This is fitly annexed to our sonship; for as the adoption of sons entitles us to that glory, so the disposition of sons fits and prepares us for it. If children, then heirs , Rom. 8:17. In earthly inheritances this rule does not hold, only the first-born are heirs; b…
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