Interestingly, Arminians (maybe not all) believe the word for foreknow here simply speaks of God foreknowing something would take place, where God looked down the corridors of time (God simply knows things), and saw who will put their faith in Jesus, and said that one is going to be like Jesus.
But the word here for foreknow is a verb in the Greek, proginosko, and it is in the active voice and aorist tense, which means God is doing something, God appointed, foreordained, like in Ephesians 1:4 (chosen before creation). God predestined (in eternity before creation) the chosen ones for salvation to be conformed to the image of the Lord Jesus.
