And not only so. — Some such word as “reconciled must be supplied from the previous verse. “We shall be saved as the sequel of our reconciliation, but we are something more than reconciled. Ours is not merely a passive, but an active state. We exult or glory in God, who, through Christ, has given us this reconciliation.”

Now. — In this present time, in our present condition. Reconciliation in the present is a foretaste of glory in the future.

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