Romans 5:10
We were reconciled to God ( κατηλλαγημεν τω θεω ). Second aorist passive indicative of καταλλασσω for which great Pauline word see on 2Co 5:18f. The condition is the first class. Paul does not conceive it as his or our task to reconcile God to us. God has attended to that himself (Ro 3:25f.). We become reconciled to God by means of the death of God's Son. "Much more" again we shall be saved "by his life" ( εν τη ζωη αυτου ). "In his life," for he does live, "ever living to intercede for them" (Heb 7:25).
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