“Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. — The comprehensive negation seals the chapter: creation itself—the entire cosmos—holds no force capable of ἀγάπη (agapē, "love") rupture. The love of God (ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ θεοῦ, hē agapē tou theou) is finally defined as ἐν Χριστῷ (en Christō, "in Christ")—the mediating reality through which all security flows. Chapters 6-8 have traced the movement from baptismal death to Spirit-indwelling to unassailable love.
Church Fathers on Romans 8:39
“For I am persuaded, that neither death nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” These are great things here mentioned. But the reason we do not enter into them is, because we have not so great love. Yet still though they are great, as he wished to show that they were nothing beside the love…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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