Romans 5:7

Romans 5:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.
• New International Version (NIV)Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die—
• New King James Version (NKJV)For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die.

Context of Romans 5:7

5This hope will not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us. 6For while we were still helpless, at the right time, Christ died for the ungodly. For rarely will someone die for a just person — though for a good person perhaps someone might even dare to die. 8But God proves his own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9How much more then, since we have now been justified by his blood, will we be saved through him from wrath.

Romans 5:7 word by word

μόλις γὰρ ὑπὲρ δικαίου τις ἀποθανεῖται, ὑπὲρ γὰρ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ τάχα τις καὶ τολμᾷ ἀποθανεῖν·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• scarcelyμόλιςmolis · hardlyG3433
• forὑπέρhuper · above/forG5228
• a righteous manδίκαιοςdikaios · justG1342
• willἀποθνήσκωapothnēskō · to dieG599
• oneτιςtis · oneG5100
• peradventureτάχαtacha · perhapsG5029
• a good manἀγαθόςagathos · goodG18
• wouldτολμάωtolmaō · be boldG5111
• evenκαίkai · andG2532

Cross-references for Romans 5:7

• John 15:13No one has greater love than this: to lay down his life for his friends.
• 1 John 3:16This is how we have come to know love: He laid down his life for us. We should also lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.
• 2 Samuel 18:27The watchman said, “The way the first man runs looks to me like the way Ahimaaz son of Zadok runs.” “This is a good man; he comes with good news,” the king commented.
• Psalms 112:5Good will come to the one who lends generously and conducts his business fairly.
• Acts 11:24for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And large numbers of people were added to the Lord.
• Romans 16:4who risked their own necks for my life. Not only do I thank them, but so do all the Gentile churches.
• 2 Samuel 18:3“You must not go!” the people pleaded. “If we have to flee, they will not pay any attention to us. Even if half of us die, they will not pay any attention to us because you are worth ten thousand of us. Therefore, it is better if you support us from the city.”
• 2 Samuel 23:14At that time David was in the stronghold, and a Philistine garrison was at Bethlehem.

Commentaries on Romans 5:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7For scarcely for a righteous man will one die - The Jews divide men, as to their moral character, into four classes: First class, Those who say, "what is mine, is my own; and what is thine, is thy own." These may be considered the just, who render to every man his due; or rather, they who neither give nor take. The second class is made up of those who say, "what is mine, is thine; and what is thine, is mine." These are they who accommodate each other, who…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7For scarcely … - The design of this verse and the following is, to illustrate the great love of God by comparing it with what man was willing to do. “It is an unusual occurrence, an event which is all that we can hope for from the highest human benevolence and the purest friendship, that one would be willing to die for a good man. There are none who would be willing to die for a man who was seeking to do us injury, to calumniate our character, to destroy…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-11Verses 6-11 Christ died for sinners; not only such as were useless, but such as were guilty and hateful; such that their everlasting destruction would be to the glory of God's justice. Christ died to save us, not in our sins, but from our sins; and we were yet sinners when he died for us. Nay, the carnal mind is not only an enemy to God, but enmity itself, chap. 8:7; Col 1:21. But God designed to deliver from sin, and to work a great change. While the…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-86-8. For when we were yet without strength--that is, powerless to deliver ourselves, and so ready to perish. in due time--at the appointed season. Christ died for the ungodly--Three signal properties of God's love are here given: First, "Christ died for the ungodly," whose character, so far from meriting any interposition in their behalf, was altogether repulsive to the eye of God; second, He did this "when they were without strength"--with nothing…Read the comment

Topics related to Romans 5:7

• Atonement
• Grace of God
• Jesus, the Christ
• Love
• Rome
• Suffering

In the dictionaries

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• Atonement
• Condemnation
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• Disobedience
• Faith
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• Grace

Commentaries on Romans 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings