Romans 8:17
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Romans 8:17 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Romans 8:17 is a verse from the book of Romans in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "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..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Romans 8:17 — KJV
“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.”
— Romans 8:17 (KJV)
Romans 8:17 in Context — About the Book of Romans
Romans is the gospel argued like a legal brief — Paul's masterwork on sin, justification by faith, life in the Spirit, and God's unbreakable love. Chapter 8 alone has carried more believers through crisis than perhaps any chapter in Scripture: no condemnation, all things working for good, nothing separating us from God's love.
Cross-References for Romans 8:17
“Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.”
Shares key themes with Romans 8:17: children, god, may
“Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law:”
Shares key themes with Romans 8:17: children, god, may
“And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise.”
Shares key themes with Romans 8:17: then, god, may
“Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites. Judah: also called, Hodaviah together: Heb. as one”
Shares key themes with Romans 8:17: then, god, also
“And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ. to speak...: or, to say that they knew him to be Christ”
Shares key themes with Romans 8:17: god, christ, suffer
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