He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?
Parallel translations
- WEB He who didn’t spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how would he not also with him freely give us all things?
- KJV He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
- ESV He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?
- NKJV He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?
- NASB He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things?
- NLT Since he did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won’t he also give us everything else?
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Quick answer
Since God did not withhold his own Son but gave him up for us all, we can be sure he will graciously give us everything else we need. The cross guarantees God's ongoing generosity.
Overview
Paul argues from the greater to the lesser: if God already gave the costliest gift, his own Son, at Calvary, he will surely supply all lesser blessings. The language echoes Abraham's offering of Isaac, with God now sparing nothing for our salvation. The cross is the supreme proof of God's commitment to his people and the secure foundation for trusting him in everything.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 17
- John 3:16For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
- Rom 8:28And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
- Ps 84:11For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
- 1 Jn 4:10And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
- 2 Cor 5:21God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
- 1 Cor 2:12We have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.
- Rom 5:6–10For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
- 1 Cor 3:21–23Therefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours,
- Rom 6:23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- Rom 4:25He was delivered over to death for our trespasses and was raised to life for our justification.
- 2 Pet 2:4–5For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;
- Isa 53:10Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.
- Matt 3:17And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!”
- Rev 21:7The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.
- Gen 22:12“Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him,” said the angel, “for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me.”
- Rom 11:21For if God did not spare the natural branches, He will certainly not spare you either.
- 2 Cor 4:15All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is extending to more and more people may overflow in thanksgiving, to the glory of God.
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