John Bengel Commentary - Romans 8:35 - 8:35

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John Bengel Commentary - Romans 8:35 - 8:35


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Rom 8:35. Τίς ἡμᾶς χωρίσει, who shall separate us) The perpetuity of the union, for the time to come, with the love of Christ and of God, is deduced from the death of Christ, from His resurrection, His sitting at the right hand of God and His intercession, comp. ch. Rom 5:5-6; Rom 5:9-10; Heb 7:25. But the who is presently after explained by the enumeration [shall tribulation or distress, etc.], without an aetiology following after: from which again it is evident, that the aetiology, [assigning of the reason] must be sought for before the words, who shall separate us, in Rom 8:34 : and he says who, not what, although he subjoins [shall] affliction, etc., because personal enemies lurk under these adverse things.-τῆς ἀγαπῆς, from the love) towards us, Rom 8:37; Rom 8:39. The foundation of the impossibility of being separated from the love of Christ is love; the foundation of this confidence is love clearly perceived.-τοῦ Χριστοῦ, of Christ) The love of God is one with the love of Christ, Rom 8:39.-γυμνότης) nakedness, the want of clothing, the extreme of poverty, 1Co 4:11; 2Co 11:27. The enumeration for the most part goes on in pairs, hunger and nakedness, etc.-κίνδυνος, peril) Hypocrites often sink under mere dangers.-ἤ μάχαιρα, or sword) an instrument of slaughter. Paul mentions the kind of death, with which he himself had been sometimes threatened, ch. Rom 16:4; Php 2:17, note. Many martyrs, who survived other tortures, were despatched with the sword, ἐτελειώθησαν [consummati sunt].