Romans 5:1
HAVE PEACE WITH GOD; are reconciled to him, and in a state of favor with him. Faith in Christ makes a great and blessed change in the state, character, condition, enjoyments, and prospects of men.... [ Continue Reading ]
HAVE PEACE WITH GOD; are reconciled to him, and in a state of favor with him. Faith in Christ makes a great and blessed change in the state, character, condition, enjoyments, and prospects of men.... [ Continue Reading ]
INTO THIS GRACE; into this gracious state of peace and love. THE GLORY OF GOD; that glory which he has promised and will bestow upon his believing people.... [ Continue Reading ]
TRIBULATIONS; trials-not because they are pleasant, but because they are useful. PATIENCE; in the old sense of endurance-the quality of bearing suffering with calmness and unwavering fortitude.... [ Continue Reading ]
EXPERIENCE; also in the old Latin sense of trial, and then proof, tried integrity which comes from trial rightly endured, and is the object of God's approval. The same Greek word is used in Philippians 2:22, where our version renders it, "proof." HOPE; the confident "hope of the glory of God," verse... [ Continue Reading ]
MAKETH NOT ASHAMED; it will not be disappointed-the glory hoped for will be realized. THE LOVE OF GOD IS SHED ABROAD; the sweet sense of God's love towards us, which is always accompanied by the exercise of our love towards him. Both are caused in us by the Holy Ghost, and are a sure earnest of ete... [ Continue Reading ]
WITHOUT STRENGTH; were wicked, lost, and destitute of resources to save ourselves, or provide for our own salvation. IN DUE TIME; at the proper time in God's estimation-the right time. DIED FOR THE UNGODLY; in their stead, that they, by believing in him, might live for ever.... [ Continue Reading ]
A RIGHTEOUS MAN; just, upright, and honest. A GOOD MAN; not only just, but kind, compassionate, and governed by love to God and men.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD COMMENDETH HIS LOVE; shows it to be unspeakably greater, more disinterested, and abundant. SINNERS; enemies to him, and deserving his displeasure.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEING NOW JUSTIFIED BY HIS BLOOD; the argument is from the less to the greater: If while we were yet enemies to God an expiation was made for our sins, much more, now that through that expiation we have been brought into an actual state of justification, shall we be saved from God's wrath.... [ Continue Reading ]
WE WERE RECONCILED; not personally and actually, for the apostle is speaking, as in verse Romans 5:8, of the expiatory death of Christ. He means, then, that a way of reconciliation was opened to us by death of Christ. BEING RECONCILED; that is, personally and actually, through faith in Christ's exp... [ Continue Reading ]
JOY IN GOD; greatly rejoice in his character and will; especially in the gift of his Son and the way of life through him. BY WHOM; Christ. THE ATONEMENT; reconciliation to God and the enjoyment of his favor.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEREFORE AS BY ONE MAN; that is, Adam. The apostle, in this verse, evidently begins a comparison between Adam and Christ, the same for substance as that contained in verses Romans 5:18-19. But before completing it, he pauses to throw in sundry remarks pertaining to it. DEATH BY SIN; as a consequen... [ Continue Reading ]
UNTIL THE LAW; before it was written, or communicated by Moses. SIN WAS IN THE WORLD; men committed it, and suffered the consequences; God treated them as sinners. SIN IS NOT IMPUTED; it is not charged to men, or laid to their account; they are not held responsible and punished for it. WHEN THERE... [ Continue Reading ]
SIMILITUDE; manner or likeness; namely, by violating a positive revealed law. FIGURE; in the original, type. Adam is the type of Christ, especially in the wide influence exerted by him on the human family. OF HIM THAT WAS TO COME; the Messiah. This was among the Jews a common mode of designating t... [ Continue Reading ]
NOT AS THE OFFENCE; having called Adam the type of Christ, it was natural that the apostle should show that there is not a likeness in all respects between Adam and Christ; or between the evil which comes through the one, and the good which comes through the other. In several respects there is a dif... [ Continue Reading ]
BY ONE THAT SINNED; Adam. There is a difference between the evil which came through Adam, and the good which comes through Christ, in another respect. BY ONE; one offence, by which sin entered. The evil, expressed by the words judgment, death, and condemnation, came through and were made sure by on... [ Continue Reading ]
BY ONE MAN'S OFFENCE; that of Adam. BY ONE; Adam. MUCH MORE; the reasons for saving believers in Christ appear much more numerous and strong than those for subjecting them to sin and death through Adam. As the latter has been done, they may be sure, from the character and word of God, that the for... [ Continue Reading ]
UPON ALL MEN UNTO JUSTIFICATION; the blessings provided by Christ are sufficient for all; they are offered to all to whom they are revealed; they should be accepted by all; and all who do accept them, as offered in the gospel, will be pardoned, justified, and saved.... [ Continue Reading ]
As all who believe in Christ will be saved, all to whom he is made known are bound both by duty and interest to believe in him, and thus, through grace, prepare to live and rejoice with him for ever in heaven. If they do not, their destruction will be more dreadful than if they had never heard of hi... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LAW ENTERED; a written revelation of the will of God was given and embodied in the moral and ceremonial law of the Old Testament. THAT THE OFFENCE MIGHT ABOUND; as men, after the giving of the written law, had more commands and obligations which they knowingly violated, the number and guilt of... [ Continue Reading ]
THROUGH RIGHTEOUSNESS; the righteousness which God gives through faith in Christ, who died for our sins according to the Scriptures, rose for our justification, and ever lives to make intercession for us. 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; HEBREWS 7:25.... [ Continue Reading ]