143 matching verse commentaries
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. See what we owe to Christ, — not only justification and peace, but we have access into the grace in which we stand; for, when a man is at peace with God, then he longs to get to God, and to speak with God. Christ is the door, and Christ...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. We are not only at peace with God, but we are permitted to draw near to him, we have access to him, we have access to his favor, to his grace. We may come to God when we will; for he is reconciled to us, and we are reconciled to him, so...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
By whom also — What! is not that first verse all? Oh, no! there is more to follow. When you get a hold of one golden link of the blessed chain of grace, it pulls up another, and then another, and then another: “By whom also “ — Rom_5:2. We have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, We come into this grace by Jesus Christ, and to this...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also,.... The tribulations of the saints are many and various, through the hatred of the world, the temptations of Satan, their own corruptions; and are the will of their heavenly Father; what Christ has foretold, and they expect; and here particularly design such as are for Christ's sake, which being...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And not only so,— Whenever the apostle begins to talk of the Lord’s bounties to his people, he abounds in “also’s” and in “not only so’s? As if he had not said enough already, when he had reminded us of the joy of hope in God’s glory, he says, “And not only so.” We have something in possession as well as something to hope for; we have a present...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But we glory in 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 by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. Beloved, it is a mark of great grace to be able to acquiesce in tribulation, and to accept it with...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And not only so, but we glory in 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 by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. So that even what might seem to be the disadvantages of this present life are made...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Knowing that tribulation worketh patience; — The more trial you have the more spiritual education you receive. You cannot learn the virtue of patience without tribulation, any more than a man can learn to be a sailor if he stops on shore: “Tribulation worketh patience;” —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; and patience, experience; and experience, hope: Another hope, or rather the same hope rising up into another form. We begin with rejoicing in the hope of the glory of God by faith, now we get a further hope which is born of experience; the things we have...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And not only so, but we glory — We hope for glory, — “the glory of God,” and we already “glory.” But in what do we glory? “ We glory” — Rom_5:3. In tribulations also: — That is the blackest thing a Christian has, — his tribulations; so, if we can glory in them, surely we can glory in anything. “We glory in tribulations also:” — Rom_5:3. Knowing...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: Present trials even become subjects for thanksgiving. Surely, they have lost their sting when patience accepts them, and faith rejoices in them.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Knowing that tribulation worketh patience; and patience, and experience, hope: and hope maketh, not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. Like a sweet perfume, which enters every room, and fills every nook and cranny in the house, so does the delightful love of God fill the entire...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: Paul is going upstairs, as it were, — rising from one platform to another. There is enough of glory in Christ to wrap up all our troubles in; it makes the black white, and the dark bright. Rom_5:3. Knowing that tribulation worketh patience; A man who never suffers does not know what patience...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also:- Somebody seemed to say to the apostle, “You talk about peace with God, and access to God; but you are troubled in mind, you are sickly in body, you are poor in estate, just as other people are;” so Paul replies, “Yes, we know that it is so, “but we glory in tribulations also:’” — Rom_5:3....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And not only so,- There is for every child of God grace upon grace; every line of the apostle’s writing tells of more blessing: “And not only so.” Is not that enough? Justified, enjoying peace, having access into grace, rejoicing in hope of the glory of God; what can there be more? Why, there is something on the road as well as at the end of it:...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And patience experience,.... As tribulations tend to exercise and increase patience, so patience being exercised and increased, enlarges the saints' stock and fund of experience; of the love and grace of God communicated to them at such seasons; of his faithfulness in fulfilling his promises; of his power in supporting them; and of their own...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And patience, experience; If you bear the trial patiently, it leaves the mark of its graving tool upon your spirit, and you thus become fashioned into an experienced Christian. Rom_5:4. And experience, hope: What God has once done, he may do again; and as he has shown us so much favor we may reasonably hope that he will show us more, and that he...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And patience, experience; and experience, hope: You cannot make an experienced Christian without trouble. You cannot make an old sailor on shore, nor make a good soldier without fighting. Here is that window of hope again, standing at the back of our experience, we look out of the window, and what God has done for us is a token of what God will do...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And patience, experience and experience, hope: and hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. Do you know what this means, dear friend, or is it all Greek to you? The Lord make it indeed plain every-day English to you! May you understand it, feel it, know it, prove it,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And patience, experience; and experience, hope: The longer we wait, the brighter do our eyes get. Our very trials when they have passed over us, leave us stronger and happier than we were before. Our experience works in us hope.