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The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 5:2

Through whom also we have (rather, have had— ἐδχήκαμεν —referring to the past time of conversion and baptism, but with the idea of continuance expressed by the perfect) the (or, our ) access by faith (the words, "by faith," which are not required, are absent from many manuscripts) into this grace wherein we stand , and rejoice (properly, glory , καυχώμεθα , the same word as in the following verse, and most usually so rendered elsewhere, though sometimes by "boast." Our... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 5:2

A state of privilege. It seems as if the apostle was delighted to turn from demonstrations of the credibility of the gospel plan to consider the happiness of those who had embraced it and were realizing its privileges. His pen glows as he exhorts himself and his readers to taste the full comforts of the condition of reconciliation towards God. When our right to the estate is challenged, we may spend time in examining the title-deeds and verifying our claims; but in general it is healthier... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 5:2-5

Christian discipline. Christianity is a religion intended both for heaven and for earth. It does not lose sight of the present when gazing into the future, visible to it alone. Beginning with our relation to God, it establishes thereupon our relation to men. It unfolds morality in the act of revealing the spiritual and Divine. It represents heaven, not merely as a compensation for the miseries of time and earth, but as a state attained by the training and the education which, in the order... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 5:3-5

And not only so, but we glory in tribulations (or, our tribulations ) also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; and patience, experience; and experience, hope: and hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts through the Holy Ghost which is given to us . The peace, the joy, the hope, that come of faith might be supposed unable to stand against the facts of this present life, in which, to those first believers, only peculiar tribulations might... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 5:3-5

Blessed fruit off a bitter tree. The letters of St. Paul abound in strange and striking paradoxes. In another place he speaks of himself "as sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things." Here he speaks of the Christian as "glorying in tribulation." He has been speaking of the effects of justification by faith, and ends by saying, "We rejoice in hope of the glory of God" ( Romans 5:2 ). Our joy, however, is not confined... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 5:3-5

The joy of tribulation. Paul has taught us that peace, nay glorying, may be ours, though this be a world of trial. He now teaches that we may glory in the very trials themselves. And this teaching he enforces by a chain of arguments. In other words, he taught in the previous verses that we are conquerors; now he teaches that we are "more than conquerors." I. TRIBULATION WORKETH PATIENCE . NO character can be truly formed without the opportunity of endurance; we must learn to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 5:3-5

Tribulation made subsidiary to hope. Trouble is usually considered antagonistic to joy. A ready objection might occur, therefore, to the apostle's declaration of Christian rejoicing. How was this possible, seeing the many hardships to which the profession of Christianity exposed its votaries? The text refutes such an objection. I. THE CHRISTIAN FACTORY . Tribulation is God's method of disciplining his people. Sin having entered the world, bringing sorrow in its train, the very... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 5:5

God's love in the heart. The process of spiritual discipline which the apostle has described is not a process natural to men, but one supernatural and special to the sincere Christian. The tribulations of this life do not work the good of all who are visited by them; on the contrary, many are hardened by the trials which are sent to humble and soften and improve. But they profit by earthly discipline who cordially receive the gospel of Christ, and whose spiritual nature is brought under... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 5:2

We have access - See the note at John 14:6, “I am the way,” etc. Doddridge renders it, “by whom we have been introduced,” etc. It means, “by whom we have the privilege of obtaining the favor of God which we enjoy when we are justified.” The word rendered “access” occurs but in two other places in the New Testament, Ephesians 2:18; Ephesians 3:12. By Jesus Christ the way is opened for us to obtain the favor of God.By faith - By means of faith, Romans 1:17.Into this grace - Into this favor of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 5:3

And not only so - We not only rejoice in times of prosperity, and of health. Paul proceeds to show that this plan is not less adapted to produce support in trials.But we glory - The word used here is the same that is in Romans 5:2, translated, “we rejoice” καυχώμεθα kauchōmetha. It should have been so rendered here. The meaning is, that we rejoice not only in hope; not only in the direct results of justification, in the immediate effect which religion itself produces; but we carry our joy and... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 5:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 5:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 5:2-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 5:3-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 5:3-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 5:3-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 5:3-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 5:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 5:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 5:3

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