Maketh not ashamed] RV 'putteth not to shame,' i.e. by proving mistaken. Love of God] i.e. to us. Is given] RV 'was given,' i.e. at a definite time: cp. Acts 10:44; Acts 19:2. St. Paul takes it for granted that all Christians have had a definite gift of the Holy Spirit, which followed their acceptance of Christ (cp. Galatians 3:2), one effect of which was to fill their hearts with a sense of God's love to them: cp. Romans 8:15.

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