Romans 8:28 “And we know that God works all things together for the good of those w…”

Romans 8:28

And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according to his purpose.

American Standard Version

And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.

Geneva Bible 1599

Also we knowe that all thinges worke together for the best vnto them that loue God, euen to them that are called of his purpose.

Darby Translation

But we do know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to purpose.

Young's Literal Translation

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

Bible in Basic English

And we are conscious that all things are working together for good to those who have love for God, and have been marked out by his purpose.

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Cross references

“we know”

Genesis 50:20 Romans 8:35–39 Revelation 3:19 Hebrews 12:6–12 2 Corinthians 4:15–17 Zechariah 13:9

Genesis 50:20 · BSB

As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.

Romans 8:35–39 · BSB

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?

Revelation 3:19 · BSB

Those I love I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.

Hebrews 12:6–12 · BSB

For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.”

2 Corinthians 4:15–17 · BSB

All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is extending to more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow, to the glory of God.

Zechariah 13:9 · BSB

This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our G…

“them”

James 1:12 1 Corinthians 2:9 Exodus 20:6 Nehemiah 1:5 Mark 12:30 Deuteronomy 6:5

James 1:12 · BSB

Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.

1 Corinthians 2:9 · BSB

Rather, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him.”

Exodus 20:6 · BSB

but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.

Nehemiah 1:5 · BSB

Then I said: “O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion with those who love Him and keep His commandments,

Mark 12:30 · BSB

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’

Deuteronomy 6:5 · BSB

And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.

“the called”

1 Peter 5:10 Romans 8:30 Galatians 1:15 1 Thessalonians 5:9 Ephesians 3:11 Romans 9:11

1 Peter 5:10 · BSB

And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish you.

Romans 8:30 · BSB

And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.

Galatians 1:15 · BSB

But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased

1 Thessalonians 5:9 · BSB

For God has not appointed us to suffer wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 3:11 · BSB

according to the eternal purpose that He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 9:11 · BSB

Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,

Also

2 Timothy 1:9 1 Corinthians 1:9 Galatians 5:8

2 Timothy 1:9 · BSB

He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.

1 Corinthians 1:9 · BSB

God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.

Galatians 5:8 · BSB

Such persuasion does not come from the One who calls you.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

27And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

29For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.

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