King James Version
What Does Romans 5:11 Mean?
“And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement. atonement: or, reconciliation”
Context
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Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
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For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
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And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement. atonement: or, reconciliation
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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 that: or, in whom
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(For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
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Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(11) **And not only so.**—Some such word as “reconciled must be supplied from the previous verse. “We shall be saved as the sequel of our reconciliation, but we are something more than reconciled. Ours is not merely a passive, but an active state. We exult or glory in God, who, through Christ, has given us this reconciliation.”
**Now.**—In this present time, in our present condition. Reconciliation in the present is a foretaste of glory in the future.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
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Theological Significance
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