“And 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.”
Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory. — Sonship entails κληρονόμος (klēronómos, "heir"); the believer is συγκληρονόμος (sygklēronómos, "co-heir") with Christ. Yet inheritance is conditional: it includes sharing (κοινωνέω, koinōneō, "participate in") Christ's sufferings now in order to share his future δόξα (doxa, "glory"). The resurrection-pattern extends to believers: suffering and exaltation are inseparable.
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