What Does Romans 5:5 Mean in the King James?
And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
Hope does not leave the heart empty-handed: God’s love has already been poured within it.
THE MEANING
Hope does not leave you exposed to shame, because God’s love has been poured into your heart through the Set-Apart Breath given to you. The pouring is complete, and its effect reaches you now: love is present within.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The lie that hope is only wishful waiting, with nothing in you to meet it, is undone by the verse’s claim that God’s love is already within you.
THE ROOT
ἐκκέχυται
ekkechytai
GROWS FROM
χέω
cheō
pour, flow out
“shed abroad” in this verse is ekkechytai. This is a perfect passive form: the pouring has happened, and its effect continues. Hope’s answer to shame is love already present in the heart.
ALSO GROWS
epicheō: pour upon
ἐπιχέω
In Luke 10:34, oil and wine are poured on wounds; this same pouring family gives a concrete image of care reaching what is wounded.
katacheō: pour down or upon
καταχέω
In Matthew 26:7, ointment is poured upon Jesus’ head, showing how this word family can carry the image of generous giving.
πνεύματος τοῦ ἁγίου
pneumatos tou hagiou
GROWS FROM
πνευ-
pneu-
blow, breathe; breath, wind
“Holy Ghost” in this verse is pneumatos tou hagiou. The word rendered “Ghost” is also the word for breath and wind. Here the Set-Apart Breath is given to you, joining the inward gift of love to the same word that names breath.
ALSO GROWS
pneō: blow, breathe
πνέω
The verb shows the movement of air within the same word family as the breath given in this verse.
pnoē: breath, blast of wind
πνοή
This noun keeps breath and wind together, revealing the concrete sense carried by the verse’s language of the Spirit.
THE PATTERN
God’s outpouring makes divine love a present gift within people and a shared gift across boundaries.
And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.THE THREAD
And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.Romans names God’s love as what is poured into the heart; Acts uses the same Greek verb for the gift poured out on the Gentiles. The shared pouring language joins inward assurance to a gift that crosses boundaries.
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