Matthew Poole and continuators on Romans 8:37

37. Nay in all these things , we are more than conquerors , through him that loved us .

i. e. In Tribulation, Distress, &c, as before, v. 35.

Or we overcome. We Conquer, when we our selves are conquered; We conquer by those, which are wont to conquer others; we beat our Enemies with their own Weapons. The meaning seems to be this, The Devil aims in all the Sufferings of God's Children, to Draw them off from Christ, to make them Murmur, Despair, &c. But in this he is defeated, and disappointed; for God Inspires his Children with such a Generous and Noble Spirit, that Sufferings abate not their Zeal and Patience, but rather increase it. We Christians laugh at your cruelty, and grow the more resolute, said one of Iulian's Nobles to him.

A short Description of Christ, together with a Reason of a Christians Success. The conquest he hath over Sin, and over Sufferings also, is not from himself, or his own Strength, but from Christ, &c. vid. chap. 7.24, 25. 1 Cor. 15.57. 2 Cor. 2.14. 2 Tim. 4.17.

Marginal references: but, Or, nevertheless.; 1 Joh. 4.4. & 5.4, 5. Rev. 12.11.