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.

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  • 1 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.

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  • Romans 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.

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  • Acts 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.

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  • Psalms 112:5

    A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.

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  • 2 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.

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  • 2 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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