Verse of the Day
Author Spotlight
Loading featured author...
Report Issue
See a formatting issue or error?
Let us know →
Verse Takeaways
1
Joy in God Himself
Commentators highlight that this verse represents a new peak in the Christian experience. The joy described is not merely in salvation or hope, but in God Himself—His character, attributes, and very being. As Albert Barnes notes, the believer rejoices that God is who He is. This is the ultimate result of reconciliation: delighting in God for His own sake.
See 3 Verse Takeaways
Book Overview
Romans
Author
Audience
Composition
Teaching Highlights
Outline
+ 5 more
See Overview
Commentaries
24
Albert Barnes
On Romans 5:11
18th Century
Theologian
And not only so. The apostle states another effect of justification.
We also joy in God. In Romans 5:2, he had said that w…
AT Robertson
On Romans 5:11
But also glorying in God (αλλα κα καυχωμενο εν τω θεω). Basis of all the exultation above (verses 1-5).
Through who…
Charles Ellicott
On Romans 5:11
19th Century
Bishop
And not only so.—A word like “reconciled” must be supplied from the previous verse. “We shall be saved as the result of o…
Go Ad-Free
Go ad-free and create your own bookmark library
Charles Spurgeon
On Romans 5:11
19th Century
Preacher
But we also joy in God –
We are glad that he is God, glad that he is such a God as he is; we would not wish to have him alter…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Romans 5:11
Whereas the preceding paragraph dealt with the depth of the love of God as seen in the cross, the present section moves on to declare the height of…
John Calvin
On Romans 5:11
16th Century
Theologian
And not this only, etc. He now ascends to the pinnacle of glorying. For when we glory that God is ours, whatever blessings can be…
John Gill
On Romans 5:11
17th Century
Pastor
And not only so, but we also joy in God
Something seems here to be understood, and which is to be supplied thus; not…
Matthew Henry
On Romans 5:6–11
17th Century
Minister
Christ died for sinners���not only for those who were useless, but for those who were guilty and hateful, such that their everlasting destruction w…