Luómǎshū 8:31

31 Jì shì zhèyàng , hái yǒu shénme shuō de ne . shén ruò bāngzhu wǒmen , shuí néng dǐdǎng wǒmen ne .

Luómǎshū 8:31 Meaning and Commentary

Romans 8:31

What shall we then say to these things? &c,
Either to these afflictions, shall we murmur and repine at them? no, since they work together for our good, and are not to be compared with our future glory, which is certain; for if we suffer with, and for Christ, we shall be glorified together: or to these blessings just now mentioned, as the foreknowledge of God, divine predestination, effectual calling, free justification, and eternal glorification, what can be said to these? nothing can be added to them, they are a complete set of blessings, wanting nothing; nor can the greatness of them be fully expressed, or the freeness of God's grace displayed in them, sufficiently declared: what remains for us to do, but to be thankful for them, and glory in them? or what can be said "against" them? nothing at all, they cannot be contradicted or gainsaid; they are true and faithful sayings; they can never be made void, and of no effect, by hell or earth; nor ought our unbelieving hearts to have anything to say against interest in them: or what is to be said, or inferred "from" them? why, the free, sovereign, unchangeable, and everlasting love of God, in providing and bestowing such benefits; and the certainty of salvation, which is infallibly secured hereby:

if God be for us;
or, "seeing he is for us", has an affection for us, which appears from the gift of himself, Son, and Spirit, and all the blessings of grace and glory; and is on our side: as that he is on the side of his people, is evident from his preservation of them from the evils of the world and their own corruptions; from the supports he gives them under afflictions and temptations; from his carrying on the work of grace upon them, notwithstanding all the opposition made unto it; and from their safety and security they enjoy by him, notwithstanding the power of their enemies; he is so for them, and on their side, as that he will certainly save them. This he has determined to do, he has sent his Son to obtain salvation for them, his Spirit to apply it to them, and keeps them by his power to the full enjoyment of it: and since this is the case,

who can be against us?
none can be against them. There are some that cannot possibly be against them; if Jehovah the Father is not against them, the Son cannot be against them, nor the Spirit; good angels cannot be against them, so far from it, that they rejoice at their good, minister to them, and are a guard about them; the law cannot be against them, because it is fulfilled in them; nor justice, because it is satisfied, and all its demands answered: and though there may be some who may be against them, and oppose themselves to them, yet their opposition is to no purpose; they will never prevail over them to their ruin and destruction; as neither sin, nor Satan, nor the world, nor death itself.

Luómǎshū 8:31 In-Context

29 Yīnwei tā yùxiān suǒ zhīdào de rén , jiù yùxiān déng xià xiàofǎ tā érzi de mó yàng , shǐ tā érzi zaì xǔduō dìxiōng zhòng zuò zhǎngzǐ .

30 Yùxiān suǒ déng xià de rén yòu zhào tāmen lái . suǒ zhào lái de rén , yòu chēng tāmen wéi yì . suǒ chēngwèi yì de rén , yòu jiào tāmen dé róngyào .

31 Jì shì zhèyàng , hái yǒu shénme shuō de ne . shén ruò bāngzhu wǒmen , shuí néng dǐdǎng wǒmen ne .

32 Shén jì bú aìxī zìjǐ de érzi wéi wǒmen zhòngrén shĕ le , qǐbù yĕ bǎ wànwù hé tā yītóng báibái de cìgĕi wǒmen má .

33 Shuí néng kònggào shén suǒ jiǎnxuǎn de rén ne . yǒu shén chēng tāmen wéi yì le . ( huò zuò shì chēng tāmen wéi yì de shén má )