Arminius's comments on Romans 8:29
"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. - Romans 8:29 Romans 8:29 a very important passage of scripture when it concerns predestination and its meaning is vital. So what does Arminius have to say on this particular verse he first starts by laying out two views that explain what foreknowledge means in this verse. So the first view Arminius explains is "whom He foreknew," i.e. whom He previously loved, and affectionately regarded as His own" and the second view is "others say that foreknowledge, or prescience of faith in Christ, is here signified." Arminius knows people like William Perkins would accept the former but reject the latter interpretation of foreknowledge in Romans 8. But Arminius has a goal and that is "it shall be demonstrated that God can "previously love and affectionately regard as His own" no sinner unless H...