Romans 8:28

God's faithfulness God's power and sovereignty Trials and adversity Hope

²⁶ Likewise 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.

²⁷ And 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.

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

²⁹ For 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.

³⁰ 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.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
KJV: And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
WEB: We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according to his purpose.
ASV: And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, [even] to them that are called according to [his] purpose.
DARBY: But we *do* know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to purpose.
BLB: And we know that God works together all things for good to those loving God, to those being called according to purpose,

ÅB: Og vi vet at alle ting tjener dem til gode som elsker Gud; de som er kalte etter hans hensikt.
OTB: Og vi er sikre på at i alle ting virker Gud til det beste for dem som elsker Ham, som er kalt etter Hans hensikt.
B1930: Og vi vet at alle ting tjener dem til gode som elsker Gud, dem som efter hans råd er kalt.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Short explanation

The verse does not say that everything that happens is good. It says that God works all things together for good for those who love him. It is a promise that God is at work even in the difficult.

Context: Paul writes about suffering and hope in Romans 8.

See also: Romans 8:38, Genesis 50:20

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Cross references

1 Peter 5:10
But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
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James 1:12
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
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Genesis 50:20
But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
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Romans 5:3–5
And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
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1 Corinthians 2:9
But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
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Romans 8:35–39
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
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James 1:3–4
Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
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Romans 8:30
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.
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