Romans 8:37
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
Study Note
Study Note
Paul's triumphant declaration — 'no, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us' — inserts the word 'loved' (agapesantos) as the mechanism of conquest, making love rather than power the decisive force in eschatological victory. The term 'more than conquerors' (hypernikomen — super-conquerors, overwhelmingly victorious) is a Pauline intensification: not merely surviving the trials listed in verse 35 but being transformed by them into a position of more-than-victory. The phrase 'through him who loved us' maintains the Christological orientation of the entire chapter: the victory is not human achievement but the fruit of a relationship with the one whose love is proved by the cross (verse 32). The verse anticipates the doxological climax of verses 38-39, where neither death, angels, rulers, nor any created thing can separate believers from this love.
Other Translations
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
but in all these we more than conquer, through him who loved us;
But we are able to overcome all these things and more through his love.
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