commendeth Same word as (for instance) Romans 16:1. Infinite condescension lies in this simple word.

his love Fully, His own love; the love peculiar to Himself who is Love: perhaps too with a hint that it is uncaused by any previous love of ours for Him.

yet sinners "Yet" implies the gracious after-changewhich Christ's death was to produce in the justified. For a full parallel to this verse see Titus 3:3-5, where the dark picture of Romans 5:3 brings out in contrast the "love toward man" of Romans 5:4.

Christ The Beloved of the Father, Romans 8:32.

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