He that spared not From all the humiliation and anguish involved in His incarnation and passion. For comment, see Psalms 22:1; Isaiah 53:6; Isaiah 53:10; Matthew 26:38-39.

his own Son The word "own" is of course emphatic, marking the infinite difference, as to the Divine Generation, between the son-ship of Christ and that of Christians. Note that the Lord, in John 20:17, says not "our Father and our God," but "my Father and your Father, my God and your God." For comment on the doctrine of the Divine Sonship of Christ, as revealing the supreme love of both the Giver and the Given One, see e.g. John 1:18; John 3:16; John 3:35-36; Romans 5:3; Romans 5:10; Ephesians 1:6; Colossians 1:13-14; Hebrews 1:2-3. "He spared not His Son: "Tis this that silences the rising fear; "Tis this that makes the hard thought disappear: He spared not His Son." (Bonar.)

all things Lit. the all things; all those things needful to the safety and bliss of the children of God. See for comment, 1 Corinthians 3:21-23; and Romans 8:28.

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