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Romans 5:8
8But God proves his own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 5:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
- New International Version (NIV)But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
- English Standard Version (ESV)but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
- New King James Version (NKJV)But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Context of Romans 5:8
6For while we were still helpless, at the right time, Christ died for the ungodly. 7For rarely will someone die for a just person — though for a good person perhaps someone might even dare to die. But 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. 10For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, then how much more, having been reconciled, will we be saved by his life.
Read all of Romans 5Romans 5:8 word by word
συνίστησιν δὲ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ἀγάπην εἰς ἡμᾶς ὁ θεός, ὅτι ἔτι ἁμαρτωλῶν ὄντων ἡμῶν Χριστὸς ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ἀπέθανεν.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- Butδέde · thenG1161
- Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
- commendethσυνίστημι, συνιστάωsunistaō sunistanō sunistēmi · to commendG4921
- hisἑαυτοῦheautou · themselfG1438
- loveἀγάπηagapē · loveG26
- towardεἰςeis · towardG1519
- usἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- in thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
- whileεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- yetἔτιeti · stillG2089
- sinnersἁμαρτωλόςhamartōlos · sinfulG268
- ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
- diedἀποθνήσκωapothnēskō · to dieG599
- forὑπέρhuper · above/forG5228
Cross-references for Romans 5:8
- Romans 5:20The law came along to multiply the trespass. But where sin multiplied, grace multiplied even more
- Romans 3:5But if our unrighteousness highlights God’s righteousness, what are we to say? I am using a human argument: Is God unrighteous to inflict wrath?
- John 15:13No one has greater love than this: to lay down his life for his friends.
- Ephesians 1:6to the praise of his glorious grace that he lavished on us in the Beloved One.
- Ephesians 2:7so that in the coming ages he might display the immeasurable riches of his grace through his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.
- 1 Timothy 1:16But I received mercy for this reason, so that in me, the worst of them, Christ Jesus might demonstrate his extraordinary patience as an example to those who would believe in him for eternal life.
- Isaiah 53:6We all went astray like sheep; we all have turned to our own way; and the Lord has punished him for the iniquity of us all.
- 1 Peter 3:18For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God. He was put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit,
- 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.
- 1 John 4:9God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his one and only Son into the world so that we might live through him.
Commentaries on Romans 5:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8But God commendeth his love, etc. - · God hath set this act of infinite mercy in the most conspicuous light, so as to recommend it to the notice and admiration of all. While we were yet sinners - We were neither righteous nor good; but impious and wicked. See the preceding verse, and see the note on Romans 5:6.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8But God commendeth - God has exhibited or showed his love in this unusual and remarkable manner. His love - His kind feeling; his beneficence; his willingness to submit to sacrifice to do good to others. While we were yet sinners - And of course his enemies. In this, his love surpasses all that has ever been manifested among people. Christ died for us - In our stead; to save us from death. He took our place; and by dying himself on the cross, saved us…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
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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
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