“For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.”
For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. — The χρυσῆ ἅλυσις (chrysē halyis, "golden chain") begins: those whom God προγινώσκω (proginōskō, "foreknew") were also προορίζω (proorídzō, "predestined") toward conformity to the εἰκών (eikōn, "image") of God's Son. Jesus is πρωτότοκος (prōtotokos, "firstborn") among many ἀδελφοί (adelphoi, "brothers"). The teleology of election is the Christomorphic transformation of the many.
Church Fathers on Romans 8:29
“For whom He did foreknow, He also did predestinate to be conformed to the Image of His Son.” See what superb honor! For what the Only-begotten was by Nature, this they also have become by grace. And still he was not satisfied with this calling of them conformed thereto, but even adds another point, “that He might be the first-born.” And even here he does not come to a pause, but again after this he proceeds to mention another point, “Among many brethren.” So wishing to use…
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