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Lenten Season · Second Sunday of Lent · Year B

Romans 8:31b-34

More Than Conquerors

February 21, 2027

The Throne of Grace, Florentine embroiderer
The Throne of Grace, Florentine embroiderer, mid-15th centuryThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
An embroidered panel in silk and gold thread: God the Father, robed in blue, holds out the cross with his crucified Son on it.He who did not withhold his own Son, but gave him up for all of us, will he not with him also give us everything else?Florentine embroidererA Florentine workshop embroiderer, working from a painter’s design in the gold and silk needlework that decorated church vestments.The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, which makes its public-domain pictures free for anyone to use.The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Roman Lectionary
GospelMark 9:2-10Mk 9:2-10
Second ReadingRom. 8:31b-34Rom 8:31b-34
First ReadingGen. 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18Gn 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18
Responsorial PsalmPs. 116:10+15, 16-17, 18-19 (9)Ps 116:10+15, 16-17, 18-19 (9)

Overview & Insights

“If God is for us, who can be against us?” (Romans 8:31)

1. Suffering/glory (8:18) 2. Three groanings (8:19–27) a. Creation groans (hope for the revelation of the children of God) (8:19–22) b. Believers groan (firstfruits of the Spirit / by hope we were saved) (8:23–25) c. The Spirit groans (the Spirit helps us in our weaknesses) (8:26–27) 3. Suffering/glory (8:28–30)1 Each of these points—suffering/glory, the groaning of creation, the groaning of Christians, and the groaning of the Spirit—includes blessings of the age to come and the new covenant that have already dawned for Christians but are not yet complete.

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Commentary

Commentary on Romans 8:26-39Commentary on Rom 8:26-39 Working Preacher

Reads Paul's confidence that nothing in all creation can separate us from the love of God in Christ.

Romans 8:26-39Rom 8:26-39 Center for Excellence in Preaching

A Reformed homiletical reading of God being for us, so that no one can be against us.

Romans 8Rom 8 Enduring Word · David Guzik

Evangelical verse-by-verse notes on the God who did not spare his own Son and Christ who intercedes for us.

Romans 8:31-33 CommentaryRom 8:31-33 Commentary Precept Austin

An in-depth study page with Greek word studies on 'If God is for us, who is against us?'

The Second Sunday in Lent, Year B Catholic Productions · Brant Pitre

Dr. Brant Pitre links Paul's beloved Son who is handed over to the binding of Isaac and the Transfiguration.

Background & Word Study

Overview: Romans 1-4Overview: Rom 1-4 BibleProject

An animated overview of Romans that maps the argument leading to the assurance of chapter 8.

Interlinear: Romans 8:31Interlinear: Rom 8:31 BibleHub

Word-by-word Greek with parsing for Paul's rhetorical questions and the language of intercession.

The Church Fathers

Romans 8, patristic commentaryRom 8, patristic commentary Catena

Early church comment on Christ's intercession and God's unbreakable love for his people.

Questions preachers ask

What is the confidence of Romans 8?

God who did not spare his own Son will give us all things; it is God who justifies, and Christ who intercedes, so nothing can separate us from his love.

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