Romans 5:8

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 one will hardly die for a righteous person; though perhaps for the good person someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him. 10For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.

Romans 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

• But Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• demonstratesσυνίστημι, συνιστάωsunistaō sunistanō sunistēmi · to commendG4921
• His ownἑαυτοῦheautou · themselfG1438
• loveἀγάπηagapē · loveG26
• towardεἰςeis · towardG1519
• us, in that while we were stillἔτιeti · stillG2089
• sinnersἁμαρτωλόςhamartōlos · sinfulG268
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
• diedἀποθνήσκωapothnēskō · to dieG599

Cross-references for Romans 5:8

• Romans 5:20The Law came in so that the offense would increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,
• Romans 3:5But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? The God who inflicts wrath is not unrighteous, is He? (I am speaking from a human viewpoint.)
• John 15:13Greater love has no one than this, that a person will lay down his life for his friends.
• Ephesians 1:6to the praise of the glory of His grace, with which He favored us in the Beloved.
• Ephesians 2:7so that in the ages to come He might show the boundless riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
• 1 Timothy 1:16Yet for this reason I found mercy, so that in me as the foremost sinner Jesus Christ might demonstrate His perfect patience as an example for those who would believe in Him for eternal life.
• Isaiah 53:6All of us, like sheep, have gone astray, Each of us has turned to his own way; But the Lord has caused the wrongdoing of us all To fall on Him.
• 1 Peter 3:18For Christ also suffered for sins once for all time, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;
• 1 John 3:16We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers and sisters.
• 1 John 4:9By this the love of God was revealed in us, that God has sent His only Son into the world so that we may 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

Topics related to Romans 5:8

• Atonement
• Condescension of God
• God Continued...
• Grace of God
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Suffering
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Christ
• God
• Christ, Messiah
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Abound
• Access
• Adoption
• Atonement
• Condemnation
• Die

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