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Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
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An Unbreakable Bond
Paul asks a powerful rhetorical question to declare a foundational truth: no hardship can sever the bond of love between Christ and His people. Commentators emphasize that the list—from persecution to peril—represents real-world trials that have been tested on believers for centuries and have always failed. This is the ultimate assurance of the believer's security in Christ.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Who shall separate us. That is, finally or entirely separate us. This is a new argument of the apostle, showing his strong confidence in t…
Shall separate (χωρισε). Future active of old verb χοριζω from adverb χωρις and that from χωρα, space. Can any one put a distance …
19th Century
Anglican
The love of Christ.—That is to say, the love which Christ has for us, not that which we have for Christ.
Shall tribulat…
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Baptist
It is Christ that died, yes rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us ([Refere…
From this point on to the end of the chapter Paul expounds the impregnable position of the believer. The key lies in the sentence “If God is for us…
16th Century
Protestant
Who shall separate us, etc. The conviction of safety is now more widely extended, even to lesser things; for the one who is persu…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ ? &c.] By "the love of Christ" is not meant the saints' love to Christ, but…
All things whatsoever, in heaven and earth, are not as great a display of God's free love as the gift of his coequal Son to be the atonement on the…
13th Century
Catholic
