Romans 5:11

And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement. AND NOT ONLY SO, BUT WE ALSO JOY, [ kauchoomenoi (G2744), scil., esmen (G2070). So most good interpreters. Alford and Green retain the participial idea, as continuing katallagentes (G2644) of Romans 5:10; but this is unnatural]. IN GOD THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, BY WHOM WE HAVE NOW RECEIVED THE ATONEMENT, [ teen (G3588) katallageen (G2643)] - mor...

11._And not this only_, _etc. _He now ascends into the highest strain of glorying; for when we glory that God is ours, whatever blessings can be imagined or wished, ensue and flow from this fountain; for God is not only the chief of all good things, but also possesses in himself the sum and substance of all blessings; and he becomes ours through Christ. We then attain this by faith, — that nothing is wanting to us as to happiness. Nor is it in vain that he so often mentions reconciliation: it is, first, that we may be taught to fix our eyes on the death of Christ, whenever we speak of our salvation; and, secondly, that we may know that our trust must be fixed on nothing else, but on the expiation made for our sins....

6-11 Christ died for sinners; not only such as were useless, but such as were guilty and hateful; such that their everlasting destruction would be to the glory of God's justice. Christ died to save us, not in our sins, but from our sins; and we were yet sinners when he died for us. Nay, the carnal mind is not only an enemy to God, but enmity itself, chap. Romans 8:7; Colossians 1:21. But God designed to deliver from sin, and to work a great change. While the sinful state continues, God loathes the sinner, and the sinner loathes God, Zechariah 11:8. And that for such as these Christ should die, is a mystery; no other such an instance of love is known, so that it may well be the employment of eternity to adore and wonder at it....

Verse Romans 5:11. _WE ALSO JOY_ (ΚΑΥΧΩΜΕΝΟΙ, _WE EXULT_, OR _GLORY_) _IN GOD_, C.] We now _feel_ that God is reconciled to us, and we are reconciled to him: the _enmity_ is removed from our souls and He, for Christ's sake, _through whom we have received the atonement_, καταλλαγην, _the reconciliation_, has remitted the _wrath_, the _punishment_ which we deserved: and now, through this _reconciliation_, we expect an eternal glory. It was certainly improper to translate καταλλαγη here by _atonement_, instead of _reconciliation_; as καταλλασσω signifies to _reconcile_, and is so rendered by our translators in all the places where it occurs. It does not mean the atonement here, as we generally understand that word, viz. the _sacrificial death of_ Chris

AND NOT ONLY SO - The apostle states another effect of justification. WE ALSO JOY IN GOD - In Romans 5:2, he had said that we rejoice in tribulations, and in hope of the glory of God. But he here adds that we rejoice in God himself; in his existence; his attributes; his justice, holiness, mercy, truth, love. The Christian rejoices that God is such a being as he is; and glories that the universe is under his administration. The sinner is opposed to him; he finds no pleasure in him; he fears or hates him; and deems him unqualified for universal empire. But it is one characteristic of true piety, one evidence that we are truly reconciled to God, that we rejoice in him as he is; and find pleasure in the contemplation of his perfections as they are revealed in the Scriptures. Through our Lo

EXPOSITION ROMANS 5:1 (6) The _results of the revelation of the righteousness of God, as affecting_ (A) the consciousness and hopes of believers; (B) the position of mankind before God. ROMANS 5:1 (_a_) _As to the consciousness of individual believers._ ROMANS 5:1 THEREFORE, BEING JUSTIFIED BY FAITH, WE HAVE PEACE WITH GOD THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. Instead of the ἔχομεν of the Textus Receptus, an overwhelming preponderance of authority, including uncials, versions, and Fathers, supports ἔχωμεν ("let us have"). If this be the true reading, the exp

AND NOT ONLY SO, BUT WE ALSO JOY IN GOD,.... Something seems here to be understood, and which is to be supplied thus; not only we are saved by his life, and from wrath through him; not only are we reconciled to God by his Son, and Spirit; not only Christ has died for us while sinners and ungodly; not only do we glory in tribulations, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God: "but we also joy in God"; himself, as our covenant God and Father in Christ, as the God of all grace, peace, and salvation; in his perfections, as engaged on our side, and as glorified in our salvation; in the purposes of God, and his covenant transactions with his Son, as they are made known in the everlasting Gospel; in all his providential dispensations, which are mercy and truth; and in our being of him in Christ, and Christ's being made unto us wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption; in all the ble...

Romans 5:1. _Therefore being justified by faith,_ But why «therefore»? Because of the verge preceding it: «Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.» Christ died to atone for our sins, Christ rose again to secure our justification, «Therefore being justified by faith,» Romans 5:1. _We have peace with God through our lord Jesus Christ;_ We have peace, we know that we have, we enjoy it, it is not a thing of the future, we have peace, a deep calm like that which came to the disciples when Christ hushed the winds and waves to sleep. «We have peace with God,» his peace has entered into us, we possess it now; but it is all «through our Lord Jesus Christ.» It is all war apart from him, but all peace through him. We poor sinners, being justified

CHAPTER 5:1-11 1. What Justification Includes. 1-11. The blessed results of justification are next revealed. What justified believers possess and what they may enjoy is the theme of the opening verses of this chapter. The first thing mentioned is that all who are justified by faith have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Peace was made in the blood of the Cross, He who died for our sins is our peace. His greeting to the assembled disciples on the resurrection day was “Peace be unto you,” and then He showed unto them His hands and His side, and again He said, “Peace be unto you.” This peace with God we have as believers in Christ. It is settled forever and can never be disturbed. Some times Christians ask others if they made their peace with God. They mean by it, turning away from sin, repentance, conversion, surrender, etc., as if those actions from our side could make peace...

LOVE AND RECONCILIATION. Romans 5:6. The helplessness and ill-desert of the objects, and the timeliness of the intervention, go to commend God's love to us, shown in the death of Christ on our behalf a sacrifice enhanced when one considers that a righteous man will scarcely find another to die for him, though it may happen that a friend ventures his life for the good man (known and loved as such). God's and Christ's love are identified (Romans 5:6; Romans 5:8). Romans 5:9_ f_. In the next breath the apostle speaks of God's anger: seeming incompatibles meet at the Cross. The joyous hope of Christians amid life's troubles is explained: ju