Romans 8:28
Good News Translation
We know that in all things God works for good with those who love him, those whom he has called according to his purpose.

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

Contemporary English Version
We know that God is always at work for the good of everyone who loves him. They are the ones God has chosen for his purpose,

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
And we know that to them that love God all things work together unto good: to such as, according to his purpose, are called to be saints.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And we know that to them that love God all things work together unto good: to such as, according to his purpose, are called to be saints.

we know.

Romans 8:35-39 Who then shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation? Or distress? Or famine? Or nakedness? Or danger? Or persecution? Or the sword? . . .

Romans 5:3,4 And not only so: but we glory also in tribulation, knowing that tribulation worketh patience; . . .

Genesis 50:20 You thought evil against me: but God turned it into good, that he might exalt me, as at present you see, and might save many people.

Deuteronomy 8:2,3,16 And thou shalt remember all the way through which the Lord thy God hath brought thee for forty years through the desert, to afflict thee and to prove thee, and that the things that were known in thy heart might be made known, whether thou wouldst keep his commandments or no. . . .

Psalm 46:1,2 Unto the end, for the sons of Core, for the hidden. [2] Our God is our refuge and strength: a helper in troubles, which have found us exceedingly. . . .

Jeremiah 24:5-7 Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel: Like these good figs, so will I regard the captives of Juda, whom I have sent forth out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans, for their good. . . .

Zechariah 13:9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined: and I will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say: Thou art my people: and they shall say: The Lord is my God.

2 Corinthians 4:15-17 For all things are for your sakes: that the grace, abounding through many, may abound in thanksgiving unto the glory of God. . . .

2 Corinthians 5:1 For we know, if our earthly house of this habitation be dissolved, that we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in heaven.

Philippians 1:19-23 For I know that this shall fall out to me unto salvation, through your prayer and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, . . .

2 Thessalonians 1:5-7 For an example of the just judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which also you suffer. . . .

Hebrews 12:6-12 For whom the Lord loveth he chastiseth: and he scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. . . .

James 1:3,4 Knowing that the trying of your faith worketh patience . . .

1 Peter 1:7,8 That the trial of your faith (much more precious than gold which is tried by the fire) may be found unto praise and glory and honour at the appearing of Jesus Christ. . . .

Revelation 3:19 Such as I love, I rebuke and chastise. Be zealous therefore and do penance.

them.

Romans 5:5 And hope confoundeth not: because the charity of God is poured forth in our hearts, by the Holy Ghost who is given to us.

Exodus 20:6 And shewing mercy unto thousands to them that love me, and keep my commandments.

Deuteronomy 6:5 Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole strength.

Nehemiah 1:5 And I said: I beseech thee, O Lord God of heaven, strong, great, and terrible, who keepest covenant and mercy with those that love thee, and keep thy commandments:

Psalm 69:36 And the seed of his servants shall possess it; and they that love his name shall dwell therein.

Mark 12:30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart and with thy whole soul and with thy whole mind and with thy whole strength. This is the first commandment.

1 Corinthians 2:9 But, as it is written: That eye hath not seen, nor ear heard: neither hath it entered into the heart of man, what things God hath prepared for them that love him.

James 1:12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for, when he hath been proved, he shall receive the crown of life which God hath promised to them that love him.

James 2:5 Hearken, my dearest brethren: Hath not God chosen the poor in this world, rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which God hath promised to them that love him?

1 John 4:10,19 In this is charity: not as though we had loved God, but because he hath first loved us, and sent his Son to be a propitiation for our sins. . . .

1 John 5:2,3 In this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and keep his commandments. . . .

the called.

Romans 8:30 And whom he predestinated, them he also called. And whom he called, them he also justified. And whom he justified, them he also glorified.

Romans 1:6,7 Among whom are you also the called of Jesus Christ: . . .

Romans 9:11,23,24 For when the children were not yet born, nor had done any good or evil (that the purpose of God according to election might stand): . . .

Jeremiah 51:29 And the land shall be in a commotion, and shall be troubled: for the design of the Lord against Babylon shall awake, to make the land of Babylon desert and uninhabitable.

Acts 13:48 And the Gentiles hearing it were glad and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to life everlasting believed.

Galatians 1:15 But when it pleased him who separated me from my mother's womb and called me by his grace,

Ephesians 1:9,10 That he might make known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure, which he hath purposed in him, . . .

Ephesians 3:11 According to the eternal purpose which he made in Christ Jesus our Lord:

1 Thessalonians 5:9 For God hath not appointed us unto wrath: but unto the purchasing of salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,

2 Thessalonians 2:13,14 0 . . .

2 Timothy 2:19 But the sure foundation of God standeth firm, having this seal: the Lord knoweth who are his; and let every one depart from iniquity who nameth the name of the Lord.

1 Peter 5:10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little, will himself perfect you and confirm you and establish you.

Context
God Works In All Things
27And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what the Spirit desireth: because he asketh for the saints according to God. 28And we know that to them that love God all things work together unto good: to such as, according to his purpose, are called to be saints. 29For whom he foreknew, he also predestinated to be made conformable to the image of his Son: that he might be the Firstborn amongst many brethren.…
Cross References
2 Samuel 16:12
Perhaps the Lord may look upon my affliction, and the Lord may render me good for the cursing of this day.

Acts 13:48
And the Gentiles hearing it were glad and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to life everlasting believed.

Romans 1:7
To all that are at Rome, the beloved of God, called to be saints. Grace to you and peace, from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

Romans 8:30
And whom he predestinated, them he also called. And whom he called, them he also justified. And whom he justified, them he also glorified.

Romans 11:29
For the gifts and the calling of God are without repentance.

1 Corinthians 1:2
To the church of God that is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that invoke the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place of theirs and ours.

1 Corinthians 1:9
God is faithful: by whom you are called unto the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

1 Corinthians 1:24
But unto them that are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ, the power of God and the wisdom of God.

2 Corinthians 4:15
For all things are for your sakes: that the grace, abounding through many, may abound in thanksgiving unto the glory of God.

Galatians 1:6
I wonder that you are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ, unto another gospel.

Galatians 1:15
But when it pleased him who separated me from my mother's womb and called me by his grace,

Galatians 5:8
This persuasion is not from him that calleth you.

Ephesians 1:9
That he might make known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure, which he hath purposed in him,

Ephesians 1:11
In whom we also are called by lot, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things according to the counsel of his will.

Ephesians 3:11
According to the eternal purpose which he made in Christ Jesus our Lord:

Ephesians 4:1
I therefore, a prisoner in the Lord, beseech you that you walk worthy of the vocation in which you are called:

Philippians 3:14
I press towards the mark, to the prize of the supernal vocation of God in Christ Jesus.

Hebrews 9:15
And therefore he is the mediator of the new testament: that by means of his death for the redemption of those transgressions which were under the former testament, they that are called may receive the promise of eternal inheritance.

1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen generation, a kingly priesthood, a holy nation, a purchased people: that you may declare his virtues, who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:

1 Peter 3:9
Not rendering evil for evil, nor railing for railing, but contrariwise, blessing: for unto this are you called, that you may inherit a blessing.

Romans 8:27
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