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A 'Surpassing Victory'
Commentators emphasize that the Greek term for 'more than conquerors' signifies a 'surpassing victory.' This isn't merely about surviving trials but triumphing in the very midst of them. Scholars like Albert Barnes and John Gill explain that through Christ, suffering can paradoxically increase a believer's faith, joy, and love, turning apparent defeat into a profound spiritual victory.
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Albert Barnes
On Romans 8:37
18th Century
Theologian
Nay. But this is so, despite our severe pressures and trials.
In all these things. In the very midst of them; while we are…
AT Robertson
On Romans 8:37
Nay (αλλα). On the contrary, we shall not be separated.
We are more than conquerors (υπερνικωμεν). Late an…
Charles Ellicott
On Romans 8:37
19th Century
Bishop
No.—Yet, or But. So far from being vanquished, we are conquerors: when we are weak, then we are strong.
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Charles Spurgeon
On Romans 8:37–39
19th Century
Preacher
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, n…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Romans 8:37
Here Paul bursts into a magnificent piece of eloquence. This passage, like 1 Corinthians 3:21–23, is notable for largeness of conceptio…
John Calvin
On Romans 8:37
16th Century
Theologian
We do more than conquer, etc.; that is, we always struggle and emerge. I have retained the word used by Paul, though not commonly…
John Gill
On Romans 8:37
17th Century
Pastor
Nay, in all these things
The former words being inserted in a parenthesis, these are an answer to the question in ([…
Matthew Henry
On Romans 8:32–39
17th Century
Minister
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…