God predestined us to be conformed to the likeness of His son

God predestined us to be conformed to the likeness of His son

Rom 8:29

²⁹ For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.

1 Cor 15:49

⁴⁸ As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven. ⁴⁹ And just as we have borne the image of the earthly man, so shall we bear the image of the heavenly man.

2 Cor 3:18

¹⁸ And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate^[a] the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

Php 3:21

²⁰ But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, ²¹ who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.

1 John 3:2

² Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears,^[a] we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. ³ All who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)  God predestined us to be conformed to the likeness of His son

2)  We will bear the image of the heavenly man

3)  We all are being transformed into His image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

4)  Jesus Christ will transform our lowly bodies by the power that enables Him to bring everything under His control

5)  But we know that when Christ appears,^[a] we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.