Meanwhile, there is an incredible amount of cross-referencing and rhetorical counterpointing going on among the clauses as they advance inexorably toward the waiting, and foreknown, conclusion.

与此同时，这些条款之间存在着令人难以置信大量交叉引用和修辞，为它们无情走向等待和结论。

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.

为他先所知道人，就先定下效法他儿子模样，使他儿子在许多弟兄中作长子。