30Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
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These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory, …
Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 29-30)The apostle, having reckoned up so many ingredients of the happiness of true believers, comes here to represent the ground of them all, which he lays in predestination. These precious privileges are conveyed to us by the charter of the covenant, but they are founded in the counsel of God, which infallibly secures the event. That Jesus Christ, the purchaser, might not labour in vain, nor spend his…
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