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Romans 5:8

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6 For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.

7 Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die.

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!

10 For if, when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life!

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BSB
But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
KJV
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
WEB
But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
ASV
But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
DARBY
but God commends *his* love to us, in that, we being still sinners, Christ has died for us.
BLB
But God demonstrates His own love to us, that [in] our being still sinners, Christ died for us.
ÅB
men Gud viser sin kjærlighet mot oss ved at Kristus døde for oss mens vi enda var syndere.
OTB
Men Gud viser sin kjærlighet til oss i dette: mens vi ennå var syndere, døde Kristus for oss.
B1930
men Gud viser sin kjærlighet mot oss derved at Kristus døde for oss mens vi ennu var syndere.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Short explanation

God showed his love by Christ dying for us while we were still sinners. The love came first, not after we had put things in order.

Context: Paul writes about having peace with God.

See also: John 3:16, 1 John 4:10

The explanation was written by an AI and has not yet been reviewed by a person. All explanations

Cross references

  • John 15:13

    Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

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  • John 3:16

    For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

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  • Romans 5:6

    For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.

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  • 1 Peter 3:18

    For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,

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  • 1 John 4:9–10

    This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.

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  • 1 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.

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  • Isaiah 53:6

    We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.

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  • Ephesians 2:7

    in order that in the coming ages He might display the surpassing riches of His grace, demonstrated by His kindness to us in Christ Jesus.

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