Meaning of foreapprove | Babel Free

Definitions

To approve beforehand.

Examples

“To foreknow is to foreapprove, or approved before on account of obedience to his will, hence Paul says, "God hath not cast⟳ away his people whom he foreknew.”

“God purposed from eternity that those whom he foreapproved should be conformed to the image of his Son.”

“Distinct meanings: (1) To know⟳ before, whether a person (Acts 26:5), or a thing (II Pet. 3:17). (2) To foreknow with approbation, to foreapprove or make⟳ a previous choice of, as a peculiar people (Amos 32, ginoskō in the Septuagint; I Pet. […])”

“[It is used] to foreapprove or to make⟳ a previous choice of (Romans 8:29). To foreknow is to foreordain as they are logically coordinate terms.”

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