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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And not only so, — Surely we have got high enough when we have reached an absolute certainty of our eternal salvation. Yet we are to go still higher: “And not only so,” — Rom_5:11. But we also joy in God — Even now we joy in God, “although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olives shall fail, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But we also joy in God — That is a delightful experience, joying in God himself, in the very character and person of God. So perfectly reconciled are we that, not only do we rejoice in God’s gifts, and in his mercy; but we swim in a sea of delight in God himself: “We also joy in God” — Rom_5:11. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement. Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin/ and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: (for until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And not only so,- Paul seems to go up a ladder, and when he gets to the top of it, he sets up another on the top of that one, and proceeds to mount that. This is the second time that we have read, “And not only so,” — Rom_5:11. But we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement. Christ has made...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And not only so,- there is no end to the blessing, dear brethren and sisters. the apostle seems to be always going up, and up, and up. this Paul, calm and cool and logical as he is, makes the fire burn most wondrously: “And not only so,” — Rom_5:11. But we also joy in God — We are glad that he is God, glad that he is such a God as he is; we would...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement. Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned .. (for until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement. This exposition consisted of readings from Rom_3:9-27; Rom_5:6-11; Rom_8:1-32.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And not only so,— We cannot get to the end of these priceless boons. These precious pearls are too numerous even for the apostle to count, although he was a man who knew how to “reckon” up spiritual treasures: “And not only so,”—
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement. Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Nevertheless death reigned from...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And not only so, The blessings of the covenant of grace rise tier upon tier, mountain upon mountain, Alp on Alp. When you climb to what seems the utmost summit, there is a height yet beyond you. “And not only so” — Rom_5:11. But we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement. Then he begins to explain...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Wherefore as by one man sin entered into the world,.... The design of these words, and of the following, is to show how men came to be in the condition before described, as "ungodly", Romans 5:6, "sinners", Romans 5:8, and "enemies", Romans 5:10; and to express the love of Christ in the redemption of them; and the largeness of God's grace to all...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: Sinned, that is, in the first man.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: It was by one man’s sin that we all fell through the first Adam. Does anyone object to the justice of that? I pray you, do not object to what is your only hope. If you and I had each one sinned for himself or herself...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Wherefore as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: In that one man.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For until the law, sin was in the world,.... This is a proof of sin's having entered into the world, by one man's transgression of the positive law of God, which forbid him the eating of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil; since it was in the world before the law of Moses was given: the sin of Adam and the guilt of that were in...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
(For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. I suppose that Paul refers even to little children, who “had not sinned after the similitude...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
(For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, ever over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. Infants die, although they have never sinned; they die, because death is the penalty of sin;...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. Children died who had not actually sinned themselves, but died because of Adam’s sin.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses,.... Though the law of Moses was not yet given, death exerted itself, and extended its dominion over all the sons and daughters of Adam, during the interval between Adam and Moses; which clearly shows that sin was in the world, and that there must be a law in being, which that was a transgression of:...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
After the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. So that the sin of Adam took effect upon the human race before the law came, and even Upon those who had no personal transgression,—unconscious infants, I mean,—causing them to die.