What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
What shall we then say to these things? As Bengel says, with his own unrivaled terseness, 'We can no further go, think, wish.' This whole passage, in fact-on to Romans 8:34, and even to the end of the chapter-strikes all thoughtful interpreters and readers as transcending almost everything in language; while Olshausen notices the 'profound and colossal' character of the thought.
If God [be] for us, who [can be] against us? - If God be resolved and engaged to bring us through, all our enemies must be His; and "Who would set the briers and thorns against Him in battle? He would go through them, He would burn them together" (Isaiah 27:4). What strong consolation is here! Nay, but the great pledge of all has already been given. For,