Romans 5:7
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.
6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
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.
9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall 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 hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Read in context1 John 3:16
Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
Read in contextRomans 16:4
Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.
Read in contextActs 11:24
For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.
Read in contextPsalms 112:5
A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
Read in context2 Samuel 18:27
And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings.
Read in context2 Samuel 23:14–17
And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth-lehem.
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