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For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,
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A Settled Conviction
Paul's phrase "I am persuaded" is not a simple hope but a deep, settled conviction. Commentators note the original Greek implies "I stand convinced." This is a full assurance of faith, grounded not in personal feeling, but in the unchangeable nature of God's love and promises demonstrated in Christ. It is a certainty available to every believer.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For I am persuaded. I have a strong and unwavering confidence. Latin Vulgate, "I am certain." The expression here implies unwavering certa…
For I am persuaded (πεπεισμα γαρ). Perfect passive participle of πειθω, "I stand convinced." The items mentioned are those that pe…
19th Century
Anglican
Neither death, nor life . . .—The enumeration that follows is intended to include (poetically rather than logically) ever…
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Baptist
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…
Here Paul bursts into a magnificent piece of eloquence. This passage, like 1 Corinthians 3:21–23, is notable for largeness of conceptio…
16th Century
Protestant
He is now carried away into hyperbolic expressions, so that he might confirm us more fully in those things we are to experience. Whatever, he says,…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For I am persuaded These words with the following, express the strong persuasion, and full assurance of faith the ap…
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