Romans 5:6
4 And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
5 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.
For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.
8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
- KJV
- For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
- WEB
- For while we were yet weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
- ASV
- For while we were yet weak, in due season Christ died for the ungodly.
- DARBY
- for we being still without strength, in [the] due time Christ has died for [the] ungodly.
- BLB
- Still indeed Christ, [in] our still being weak, according to the right time, died for the ungodly.
- ÅB
- For mens vi enda var skrøpelige, døde Kristus til fastsatt tid for ugudelige.
- OTB
- For mens vi ennå var maktesløse, døde Kristus for de ugudelige til rett tid.
- B1930
- For mens vi ennu var skrøpelige, døde Kristus til fastsatt tid for ugudelige.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ephesians 2:1–5
And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
Read in contextRomans 5:8
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Read in contextColossians 2:13
And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
Read in contextTitus 3:3–5
For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
Read in contextRomans 5:10
For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
Read in contextRomans 4:25
Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.
Read in contextTitus 2:12
Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
Read in context1 Thessalonians 5:9
For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
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