Discovery BoxRomans 8:17 
Context8:17 And if children, then heirs (namely, heirs of God and also fellow heirs with Christ) 1 – if indeed we suffer with him so we may also be glorified with him.
Romans 8:29
Context8:29 because those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that his Son 2 would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. 3
1 tn Grk “on the one hand, heirs of God; on the other hand, fellow heirs with Christ.” Some prefer to render v. 17 as follows: “And if children, then heirs – that is, heirs of God. Also fellow heirs with Christ if indeed we suffer with him so we may also be glorified with him.” Such a translation suggests two distinct inheritances, one coming to all of God’s children, the other coming only to those who suffer with Christ. The difficulty of this view, however, is that it ignores the correlative conjunctions μέν…δέ (men…de, “on the one hand…on the other hand”): The construction strongly suggests that the inheritances cannot be separated since both explain “then heirs.” For this reason, the preferred translation puts this explanation in parentheses.
2 tn Grk “he”; the referent (God’s Son) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.
