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But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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A Comprehensive Victory
Commentators explain that the "victory" Paul celebrates is comprehensive. It's not just a future triumph over the grave, but a present victory over sin (which is death's "sting") and the law (which gives sin its power). As John Calvin notes, Christ conquered sin and redeemed us from the curse of the law, meaning death no longer holds ultimate power over believers.
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1 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
But thanks be to God (See Barnes on Romans 7:25).
Which gives us the victory. Us who are Christians; all Christians. The v…
But thanks be to God (τω δε θεω χαρις). Exultant triumph through Christ over sin and death as in Ro 7:25.
19th Century
Anglican
But thanks be to God.—The future is so certain that the Apostle speaks of it as a subject for present thanksgiving; the victory is one whi…
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Baptist
But we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be rai…
Paul now comes to the conclusion of his argument for the resurrection. God’s people must have more than the natural body to inherit the eternal kin…
16th Century
Protestant
But thanks be to God. This explains why he mentioned both sin and the law when discussing death. Death has no sting with which to…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But thanks be to God which giveth us the victory Over sin the sting of death, over the law the strength of sin, and …
Not all saints will die, but all will be changed. In the gospel, many truths, previously hidden in mystery, are made known. Death will never appear…
13th Century
Catholic
Here the Apostle establishes the necessary effect of the resurrection proceeding from its cause. Concerning this, he establishes two points corresp…