Rom 8:30 | TNotes | STEP | 8:30 gave them his glory: Elsewhere in this passage, the glory Christians will experience is consistently in the future (8:18 , 21 , 23 ). The past tense here refers to God’s past decision to glorify us in the future. We have not yet entered into our inheritance, but the Father has irrevocably determined to give us his glory.

‏ Romans 8:30

8:30 ^a gave them his glory: Elsewhere in this passage, the glory Christians will experience is consistently in the future (8:18 ^b, 21 ^c, 23 ^d). The past tense here refers to God’s past decision to glorify us in the future. We have not yet entered into our inheritance, but the Father has irrevocably determined to give us his glory.