“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?”
He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? — The logic of the ἀ fortiori (from the greater to the lesser): God's surrender (οὐ ἐφείσατο, ou epheiáto, "did not spare") of his own Son (τὸν ἴδιον υἱὸν, ton idion hyion, "his own Son") for ὑπέρ ἡμᾶς (hyper hēmas, "on behalf of us") is the decisive act; all other gifts follow as τὰ πάντα (ta panta, "all things"). The supreme gift of the Son guarantees all lesser provisions.
Church Fathers on Romans 8:32
“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?” And here the words he uses are high-wrought (μεθ᾿ ὑτερβολἥς) and exceedingly warm, to show his love. How then is He to neglect us, in whose behalf “He spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all?” For reflect what goodness it is not to spare even His own Son, but to give Him up, and to give Him up for all, and those worthless, and…
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