<p>8:30&nbsp;And<i> whom He foreordained, those He also called, and whom He called, these He also justified, and who He justified, these He also glorified- </i>This is partially a recapitulation of the argument of Rom. 8:29; a repeating for emphasis of something which is almost too good news to believe. We were called because we were predestinated; and Paul has earlier outlined in his argument that we who are in Christ have been &ldquo;justified&rdquo;, declared right, at the judgment seat of God. We haven&rsquo;t yet been glorified, in that our bodies haven&rsquo;t yet been changed, the final day of judgment hasn&rsquo;t yet come. But Paul uses the past tense as if it has already happened. This &lsquo;prophetic perfect&rsquo; was a Hebrew style which was quite grammatically acceptable, even if it may seem strange when translated into other languages such as Greek or English. Paul&rsquo;s point is that if we are in Christ, declared right before God&rsquo;s judgment right now, then we can be assured of final salvation, the glorification of the body- should Christ return at this moment, or if we should die at this moment. For tomorrow of course we might throw it all away. But we are not to worry about tomorrow in that sense; we can rejoice here and now that we are saved and are as good as ultimately saved and in the Kingdom. We have already been predestinated, already called, already justified- and therefore in prospect, already glorified. Yet again, Paul succeeds in making us gasp for breath, struggling as we do with the too good news of the Gospel. It is the Lord Jesus who has now been &ldquo;glorified&rdquo; (s.w. Jn. 12:16; Acts 3:13); and seeing that all that is true of Him is now true of us who by status are now &ldquo;in Him&rdquo;, it can be also said that we have been in this sense already glorified. Perhaps the practical section of Romans connects to this verse when we read in Rom. 15:6,9 that the Gentiles shall glorify God for His mercy; because He has glorified us, we are to glorify Him.</p><p>&ldquo;Also glorified&rdquo; is true from God&rsquo;s standpoint, outside of our kind of time. For that glory has yet to be revealed in us (1 Pet. 5:1).</p>