The long and the short of all this is that we cannot be defeated. Paul goes through a series of "attacks", showing how each one is answered in Christ.
Most fundamental of all is that God is for us. This is the most basic thing we need to know, that God truly loves us. If you look in the Old Testament Israel fell many times because she did not believe that God would actually defend her, that they could not trust God. So instead they turned to idol worship, or to forging alliances with evil nations. If God is for us it does not matter who or what is against us, for God is greater.
God has shown the extent of His love by sending Jesus to die on the cross for us. God has already shown that He is prepared to give up His most precious possession for us, so we can be sure that He is prepared to do whatever is necessary for us.
People may condemn us, but they have no grounds to stand on at all. For Christ has already justified us. Any charge laid against us has to be put against Christ's death on the cross. This is no contest. Moreover, God raised Christ from the dead, demonstrating beyond all doubt that the price for our sins had been paid in full. Christ's death on the cross fully effective.
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