Romanos 8:31

‘What then shall we say to these things? If God for us, who against us?'

Here we have another typical Pauline question, ‘what then shall we say?' But this time it refers ‘to these things'. The previous three verses have indicated that God is for us in accordance with His own divine purpose, as indeed has Romanos 5:1 ff. In view of this how can we see anyone who is against us as particularly relevant? If God is for us, any adversary must pale before the Almighty. Paul will go on to speak of those things which might be seen as against us. For example, those who seek to lay a charge against us. Those who seek to condemn us. Those things which seek to separate us from the love of Christ. But none will avail. And as a result of these words they pale into insignificance. For God is ‘for us'. And He is ‘for us' in a clearly defined way, a way described in Romanos 8:28.