Romans 8:30

KJV

Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

— Romans 8:30, King James Version
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The so-called 'golden chain' — predestined, called, justified, glorified — presents salvation as a unified divine action spanning eternity past to eternity future. The aorist tense used for 'glorified' (edoxasen) is remarkable: a future event narrated as already accomplished, indicating that Paul views the believer's final glorification as certain as if completed. Theologically this verse is a pivot in Romans 8's argument for the security of those in Christ, a confidence grounded in God's elective and justifying action, not human moral achievement. The passage has been central in debates between Calvinist and Arminian soteriology, with the chain itself serving both as a comfort text and as a locus for questions about divine sovereignty and human freedom.

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ASV

and whom he foreordained, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

YLT

and whom He did fore-appoint, these also He did call; and whom He did call, these also He declared righteous; and whom He declared righteous, these also He did glorify.

BBE

And those who were marked out by him were named; and those who were named were given righteousness; and to those to whom he gave righteousness, in the same way he gave glory.

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