Verse 17
17. Heirs Entitled by graciously divine right to an eternal inheritance.
Joint heirs with Christ Who is our elder brother, (Romans 8:29.) And as Christ is sure of his inheritance, then, so long as we are joint with him, there can be no failure for us. But in our case there is a condition yet to be completely fulfilled, namely, the following IF. And this if, implying a contingency lasting as long as our probation, must be presupposed in the whole of this passage, (18-39.) The law of inheritance cannot fail; the scheme of advancement (29, 30) cannot be broken, but we may fall out of it by the way. All these progressive stages belong to us not as physical persons, but as characters, and are forfeited by our persons if the character ceases.
If so be On this if hangs our eternity.
That To the divinely established result that.
Glorified together That glorification with Christ arrived at in Romans 8:30; the ultimate to which our heirship looks.
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