Where is it in the Bible?
Romans 8:28
28And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
In other translations
- ESV
- 28And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
- NLT
- 28And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.
- CSB
- 28We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.
- KJV
- 28And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
The surrounding passage
Romans 8:26–30, King James Version
26Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
27And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
28And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
29For 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.
30Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
Context
Paul is writing to the church in Rome, in a chapter about life in the Spirit. Just before this he describes creation groaning as it waits to be set free from decay, and the Spirit interceding for believers in their weakness (8:18–27); right after, he traces God's purpose from foreknowledge to glorification (8:29–30). The promise is addressed to those who love God and have been called by him.
About the book of Romans
Paul’s fullest statement of the gospel: righteousness by faith.
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