Romans 5:7
5 And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.
6 For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die.
8 But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
9 Therefore, since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from wrath through Him!
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die.
- KJV
- For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.
- WEB
- For one will hardly die for a righteous man. Yet perhaps for a good person someone would even dare to die.
- ASV
- For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: for peradventure for the good man some one would even dare to die.
- DARBY
- For scarcely for [the] just [man] will one die, for perhaps for [the] good [man] some one might also dare to die;
- BLB
- For hardly anyone will die for a righteous [man], though for the good [man] perhaps someone would even dare to die.
- ÅB
- For skjelden vil noen gå i døden for en rettferdig – skjønt for en som er god, kunne kanskje noen ta på seg å dø –
- OTB
- Svært sjelden vil noen dø for en rettferdig person, selv om noen kanskje tør å dø for en god person.
- B1930
- For neppe vil nogen gå i døden for en rettferdig - for en som er god, kunde kanskje nogen ta sig på å dø -
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 15:13
Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
Read in context1 John 3:16
By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
Read in contextRomans 16:4
who have risked their lives for me. Not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them.
Read in contextActs 11:24
Barnabas was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord.
Read in contextPsalms 112:5
It is well with the man who is generous and lends freely, whose affairs are guided by justice.
Read in context2 Samuel 18:27
The watchman said, “The first man appears to me to be running like Ahimaaz son of Zadok.” “This is a good man,” said the king. “He comes with good news.”
Read in context2 Samuel 23:14–17
At that time David was in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was at Bethlehem.
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