ACC ~ Romans 5 v11

NOW RECEIVED OUR RECONCILIATION. Origen: Paul stresses the “now” in order to indicate that our rejoicing is not merely a future hope but also a present experience. COMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS.

REJOICE IN GOD. AMBROSIASTER: Paul teaches us not only that we should thank God, for the salvation and assurance which we have received, but that we should also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, because through his Son the Mediator God has been pleased to call us his friends. Therefore we can rejoice that we have received every blessing through Christ, that through him we have come to know God. As we rejoice in him, let us therefore honor the Son equally with the Father, as he himself bears witness, saying: “That they may honor the Son as they honor the Father.” COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

SAVED BY GOD’S ONLY SON. CHRYSOSTOM: The fact that we who were such terrible sinners were saved is a very great sign, indicating how much we were loved by him who saved us. For it was not by angels or archangels but by his only begotten Son that God saved us! HOMILIES ON ROMANS 9.

PELAGIUS: Not only shall we have eternal life, but through Christ we are promised a certain likeness to divine glory as well. Paul wants to show that Christ suffered so that we who had forsaken God by following Adam might be reconciled to God through Christ. PELAGIUS’S COMMENTARY ON ROMANS.