God’s Foreknowledge and Predestination of the Elect in the Plan From Romans 8:29–30 we learn of other aspects of God’s eternal purpose or plan. Paul tells the Christian that “[the ones] whom he [the Father] foreknew [προέγνω, proegnō—that is, set his heart upon in covenantal love], he also predestined [προώρισεν, proōrisen] to be conformed to the image of his Son …, and whom he predestined [προώρισεν, proōrisen], those he called [ἐκάλεσεν, ekalesen—that is, in history].” Two things are clear