The Christian's faith in providence is an inference from redemption. The same God who did not spare His own Son will freely give us all things. οὐκ ἐφείσατο, cf. Genesis 22:12, οὐκ ἐφείσω τοῦ υἱοῦ σου τοῦ ἀγαπητοῦ διʼ ἐμέ. It vivifies the impression of God's love through the sense of the sacrifice it made. ὑπὲρ πάντων ἡμῶν : none were worthy of such a sacrifice (Weiss). παρέδωκεν sc. to death: Romans 4:25. πῶς οὐχὶ καί : the argument of selfishness is that he who has done so much need do no more; that of love, that he who has done so much is certain to do more. σὺν αὐτῷ τὰ πάντα : τὰ πάντα has a collective force. It is usually taken to mean the whole of what furthers the Christian's life, the whole of what contributes to the perfecting of his salvation; all this will be freely given to him by God. But why should it not mean “all things” without any such qualification? When God gives us His Son He gives us the world; there is nothing which does not work together for our good; all things are ours. Cf. 1 Corinthians 3:22 f.

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