McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries
Romans 5:8
But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Verse Romans 5:8. _BUT GOD COMMENDETH HIS LOVE_, c.] συνιστησι: God _hath set_ this act of infinite mercy in the most _conspicuous_ light, so as to recommend it to the _notice_ and _admiration_ of all...
BUT GOD COMMENDETH ... - God has exhibited or showed his love in this unusual and remarkable manner. HIS LOVE - His kind feeling; his beneficence; his willingness to submit to sacrifice to do good to...
CHAPTER 5:1-11 1. What Justification Includes. 1-11. The blessed results of justification are next revealed. What justified believers possess and what they may enjoy is the theme of the opening verse...
LOVE AND RECONCILIATION. Romans 5:6. The helplessness and ill-desert of the objects, and the timeliness of the intervention, go to commend God's love to us, shown in the death of Christ on our behalf...
AT HOME WITH GOD (Romans 5:1-5)...
While we were still helpless, in God's good time, Christ died for the ungodly. A man will hardly die for a just man. It may be that a man would even dare to die for the good cause. But God proves his...
COMMENDETH. See Romans 3:5. In this verse the subject of the sentence comes last, and reads "commendeth His own love toward us God", giving the Figure of speech _Hyperbaton_ (App-6), for emphasis. TO...
_commendeth_ Same word as (for instance) Romans 16:1. Infinite condescension lies in this simple word. _his love_ Fully, HIS OWN LOVE; the love peculiar to Himself who is Love: perhaps too with a hin...
Romans 5:1-11. Introduction, describing the nature of the state in which we are, under the power of the Gospel: (1) Since, then, we are justified by GOD on the single condition of faith, let us mainta...
7, 8 emphasise the uniqueness of this act of love. This parenthesis makes an anacoluthon, a constant mark in S. Paul of deep feeling....
ΣΥΝΊΣΤΗΣΙΝ. Cf. Romans 3:5....
ΣΥΝΊΣΤΗΣΙΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΣΥΝΊΣΤΗΜΙ (G4921) сводить вместе, доказывать, ΌΝΤΩΝ _praes. act. part. (temp.) gen. n. pl. от_ ΕΙΜΊ (G1510) быть. _Gen. abs. Praes._ выражает одновременное действие,...
DISCOURSE: 1841 THE BELIEVER’S SECURITY IN CHRIST Romans 5:6. For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradve...
BUT GOD COMMENDETH HIS LOVE, &C.— St. Paul gives them here another evidence of the love of God towards them.—The ground they had to glory in the hopes of eternal salvation is the death of Christ for t...
_TEXT_ Romans 5:1-11. Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; Romans 5:2 through whom also we have had our access by faith into this grace wherein we...
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. BUT GOD COMMENDETH, [ sunisteesin (G4921)] - 'setteth forth,' 'displayeth' (see the same word in Roman...
_JUSTIFICATION-INDIVIDUAL_ 13 As further developed in Galatians, the law was not given till hundreds of years after Abraham was counted righteous. The promises he received in connection with it were...
GOD'S SALVATION AND THE RESULTS OF ITS ACCEPTANCE St. Paul completes his exposition of acceptance by faith by pointing to its blessed effects (Romans 5:1). In the following vv. he compares sin and acc...
COMMENDETH] i.e. shows its excellence: cp. Romans 3:5....
PAUL’S LETTER TO THE *ROMANS ROMANS _HILDA BRIGHT AND KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 5 THE *BLESSINGS THAT WE RECEIVE BECAUSE OF GOD’S *GRACE 5:1-11 V1 We are *righteous because of our *faith. So we are...
V. (1-11) A description of the serene and blissful state which the sense of justification brings. Faith brings justification; justification brings (let us see that it _does_ bring) peace — peace with...
(6-11) Exposition showing how the love of God comes to have this cogency. That love was evidenced in the death of Christ. And consider what that death was. It is rare enough for one man to die for ano...
(7-8) What makes the sacrifice of Christ so paradoxical is that it was undergone for _sinners._ Even for a righteous man it is rare enough to find another who will be ready to lay down his life. Yet s...
COMMENDETH. — The English word happily covers the double meaning of the Greek. The same word is used (1) of things in the sense of “prove” or “establish,” here and in Romans 3:5; (2) of persons in the...
CHAPTER 12 PEACE, LOVE, AND JOY FOR THE JUSTIFIED Romans 5:1 WE reached a pause in the Apostle's thought with the close of the last paragraph. We may reverently imagine, as in spirit we listen to hi...
How greatly is this utmost love of man surpassed by the love of God. He commends, or rather makes good, presents in its true and unmistakable character (for συνίστησιν, _cf._ Romans 3:5; 2 Corinthians...
The blessings of Justification. The first section of the epistle (chap. Romans 1:18 to Romans 3:20) has proved man's need of the righteousness of God; the second (chap. Romans 3:21-30) has shown how t...
GREAT BLESSINGS THROUGH CHRIST Romans 5:1 We stand in grace; we look for glory. Our standing is sure, although apart from our feelings or deserts. It is ours forever, through union with the living Ch...
The apostle now dealt with the values of justification. The value to the individual is a threefold blessing. This nature as to cause the heart to rejoice. The apostle now showed the difference between...
But God (h) commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet (i) sinners, Christ died for us. (h) He commends his love toward us, so that in the midst of our afflictions we may know assuredl...
The δέ, _but_, indicates this contrast. What man hardly does for what is most worthy of admiration and love, God has done for that which merited only His indignation and abhorrence. On the verb συνιστ...
“ _For when we were yet weak in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For hardly for a righteous man will one die:for peradventure for goodness some would even dare to die. But God establisheth His ow...
ELEVENTH PASSAGE (5:1-11). THE CERTAINTY OF FINAL SALVATION FOR BELIEVERS. The title which we have just given to this piece suffices to indicate the difference between the idea which we form of its sc...
For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. (7) For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. (8) But...
The circumstances under which the epistle to the Romans was written gave occasion to the most thorough and comprehensive unfolding, not of the church, but of Christianity. No apostle had ever yet visi...
_THE DEPTH OF GOD’S LOVE_ ‘But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.’ Romans 5:8 It is a remarkable feature in the sorrows of Jesus, that His lo...
8._But God confirms, etc. _The verb, συνίστησι, has various meanings; that which is most suitable to this place is that of confirming; for it was not the Apostle’s object to excite our gratitude, but...
Thus, being justified by faith, we have peace with God. Remark here also the difference of Abraham's faith and ours. He believed God could perform what He promised. We are called to believe He has per...
BUT GOD COMMENDETH HIS LOVE TOWARDS US,.... That is, he hath manifested it, which was before hid in his heart; he has given clear evidence of it, a full proof and demonstration of it; he has so confir...
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Ver. 8. _God commendeth, &c._] Herein God lays naked to us the tenderest heart of his fatherly compassio...
_For_ How can we now doubt of God's love, since _when we were without strength_ Either to think, will, or do any thing good; were utterly incapable of making any atonement for our transgressions, or o...
GOD COMMENDETH HIS LOVE; shows it to be unspeakably greater, more disinterested, and abundant. SINNERS; enemies to him, and deserving his displeasure....
BUT GOD COMMENDETH HIS LOVE TOWARD US IN THAT, WHILE WE WERE YET SINNERS, CHRIST DIED FOR US....
The basis of the Christian's hope:...
BLESSINGS ATTENDING JUSTIFICATION Now as to the _means_ and _assurance_ of present justification, every question has been answered, every doubt fully banished by simple, straightforward truth. Thus ev...
ROMANS 5:1-11 What saves us? Verse What saves? Other things Scripture 1 Faith Repentance Acts 17:30 2 Grace of God Confession Romans 10:9-10 5 Love of God Baptism...
BUT GOD COMMENDETH HIS OWN LOVE TOWARD US, IN THAT, WHILE WE WERE YET SINNERS, CHRIST DIED FOR US. 'commendeth' -'demonstrates' (NASV); 'proves his love' (Gspd). 'SINNERS' -neither 'righteous' or '...
6-11 Christ died for sinners; not only such as were useless, but such as were guilty and hateful; such that their everlasting destruction would be to the glory of God's justice. Christ died to save u...
GOD COMMENDETH HIS LOVE TOWARD US; i.e. he declareth or confirmeth it by this, as a most certain sign, he makes it most conspicuous or illustrious: see 1 THESSALONIANS 3:16 1 JOHN 4:9,10. IN THAT, WHI...
Origen Against Celsus Book IV Certain other statements, in keeping with the character of the Jews, might be made by some of that nation, but certainly not by the Christians, who have been taught that...
Romans 5:8 But G1161 God G2316 demonstrates G4921 (G5719) His G1438 love G26 toward G1519 us G2248 that...
THE DIRECT CONSEQUENCE OF OUR BEING ACCOUNTED AS RIGHTEOUS THROUGH FAITH (5:1-11). Paul now outlines some of the consequences of our being ‘accounted as righteous' through faith. These he represents...
WE ARE ASSURED OF REIGNING IN LIFE AND ENJOYING FUTURE GLORY AND THE BASIS OF THIS IS WHAT CHRIST HAS ACCOMPLISHED FOR US (5:1-21). Having been reckoned as righteous through faith we have peace with G...
‘But God commends his own love towards us, in that, while we were yet sinners, for us Christ died.' ‘Being accounted as righteous' has resulted from the grace and love of God (Romans 3:24), and we now...
SALVATION TO THE UTTERMOST (5:1-8:39). The depths of our sin having been revealed in Romans 1:17 to Romans 3:23, and Jesus Christ's activity, (His activity in bringing about our salvation through the...
Romans 5:8. BUT GOD COMMENDETH, or, ‘doth establish' (comp. chap. Romans 3:5). Probably both meanings are included; the proof is of such a character as to render the love conspicuous, and thus to ‘com...
3. THE GOSPEL THE POWER OF GOD UNTO SALVATION. In this _third division_ of the doctrinal part of the Epistle, the Apostle presents the gospel as ‘the power of God unto salvation,' setting forth how G...
1. THE BLESSED INWARD CONDITION OF THE JUSTIFIED. Justification has as its proper result peace with God (Romans 5:1), which becomes hope of the glory of God (Romans 5:2), is actually increased by trib...
HIS OWN LOVE (την εαυτου αγαπην). See John 3:16 as the best comment here.WHILE WE WERE YET SINNERS (ετ αμαρτωλων οντων). Genitive absolute again. Not because we were Jews or Greeks, rich or poor,...
Romans 5:8 What Proves God's Love? I. It is a strange thing that the love of God needs to be either proved or pressed upon men. (1) There never was, there is not, any religion untouched by Christiani...
Romans 5:1 Immediate Results of Justification. To be acquitted of guilt through the death of Jesus is the most elementary blessing which the gospel brings to our condemned race, shut up in its prison...
Romans 5:7 God's Love Magnified in Christ's Death. I. In considering how God appointed our Lord and Saviour to suffering and death as the most perfect proof of obedience, it seems necessary to begin...
Romans 5:1. _Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:_ We have it tonight. We enjoy it. We delight in it, «through our Lord Jesus Christ.» Romans 5:2...
Romans 5:1. _Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: by whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the...
Romans 5:6. _For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly._ This is one of the most surprising sentences on record. If it had not been inspired, there are many who w...
5:6. _For then we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly._ What a wonderful sentence that is! Not, «Christ died for the saints, «not, «Christ died for righteous men;» but,...
Romans 5:1. _Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:_ These are matters of fact; not of fanatical delusion, but of logical conclusion, for Paul begin...
Romans 5:1. _Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:_ This verse deserves to be printed in letters of gold. If you can truthfully say this, if it is...
Romans 5:1. _Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:_ Do not let us simply read these words, but let us each one say in our hearts, «That is true; I...
Romans 5:1. _Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with, God_ It is a matter of present possession, and present enjoyment. Whatever tribulation there may be in the world, «we have peace w...
Romans 5:1. _Therefore being justified by faith,_ But why «therefore»? Because of the verge preceding it: «Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.» Christ died...
Romans 5:1. _Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:_ The gospel is full of «therefores», it is above reason, but it is never against reason; it is t...
CONTENTS: The results of justification. Life and righteousness through Jesus Christ. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Adam, Moses. CONCLUSION: Justification through faith in Jesus Christ takes a...
Romans 5:1. _Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God._ Faith in the atonement removes the guilt of sin, and makes us heirs of all the promised righteousness of God; the prodigals ar...
BUT GOD HAS SHOWN AS. This act in history stands for all time as a _monument_ to the _infinite love_ of God! IT WAS WHILE. The false religions of the world show an angry god who must be appeased to es...
ROMANS—NOTE ON ROMANS 5:1 Hope as a Result of Righteousness by Faith. Believers in Christ, who are righteous in God’s sight, have a sure hope of future glory and life eternal....
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Romans 5:7. RIGHTEOUS AND GOOD.—That is, the one righteous; the other good, merciful, benevolent. Romans 5:8.—Christ’s death a vicarious death, but not necessarily expressed by the...
EXPOSITION ROMANS 5:1 (6) The _results of the revelation of the righteousness of God, as affecting_ (A) the consciousness and hopes of believers; (B) the position of mankind before God. ROMANS 5:...
Shall we turn now in our Bibles to the fifth chapter of Romans. Since chapter 3 Paul has been talking about justification by faith. How that God has declared me innocent because of my faith in Jesus C...
1 John 3:16; 1 John 4:10; 1 John 4:9; 1 Peter 3:18; 1 Timothy 1:16;...
Commendeth. See on 3 5. Note the present tense. God continuously establishes His love in that the death of Christ remains as its most striking manifestation. His love [ε α υ τ ο υ]. Rev., more litera...
THE FAR-REACHING RICHES OF GRACE Romans 5:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Book of Romans leads us into the deepest mysteries of God and of grace. As we begin its study we feel that we are entering into ov...
THE GREAT SALVATION Romans 5:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. God's story of sin. The fifth chapter of Romans is God's great climactic of the theme of redemption. Earlier Chapter s of the Book of Romans set...
But God recommendeth — A most elegant expression. Those are wont to be recommended to us, who were before either unknown to, or alienated from, us. While we were sinners — So far from being good, that...
Observe here, How the scripture distinctly represents the love of God in giving Christ to die for us, as well as Christ's love in dying for us: GOD COMMENDED HIS LOVE; declared expressed and made mani...