“And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.”
Not only is this so, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation. Boasting in God—treating God as the ground of glory and confidence—replaces all other boasting. Reconciliation is not merely a future hope but a present reality, received through Christ. The sphere of boasting is radically redirected from human achievement to God's grace.
Church Fathers on Romans 5:11
“And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by Whom we have now received the atonement.” What means the “not only so?” Not only were we saved, he means, but we even glory for this very reason, for which some suppose we ought to hide our faces. For, for us who lived in so great wickedness to be saved, was a very great mark of our being exceedingly beloved by Him that saved us. For it was not by angels or archangels, but by His Only-begotten Son…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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