Romans 5:6

Romans 5:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
• New International Version (NIV)You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.

Context of Romans 5:6

4and endurance, character, and character, hope. 5And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us. For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. 7(For rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person perhaps someone might possibly dare to die.) 8But God demonstrates his own love for us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Romans 5:6 word by word

ἔτι γὰρ Χριστὸς ὄντων ἡμῶν ἀσθενῶν ἔτι κατὰ καιρὸν ὑπὲρ ἀσεβῶν ἀπέθανεν·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• whenεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• weἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• yetἔτιeti · stillG2089
• without strengthἀσθενήςasthenēs · weakG772
• in dueκατάkata · according toG2596
• timeκαιρόςkairos · time/right timeG2540
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
• diedἀποθνήσκωapothnēskō · to dieG599
• forὑπέρhuper · above/forG5228
• the ungodlyἀσεβήςasebēs · ungodlyG765

Cross-references for Romans 5:6

• Ezekiel 16:4As for your birth, on the day you were born your umbilical cord was not cut, nor were you washed in water; you were certainly not rubbed down with salt, nor wrapped with blankets.
• Ephesians 2:1And although you were dead in your transgressions and sins,
• Colossians 2:13And even though you were dead in your transgressions and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he nevertheless made you alive with him, having forgiven all your transgressions.
• Lamentations 1:6All of Daughter Zion’s splendor has departed. Her leaders became like deer; they found no pasture, so they were too exhausted to escape from the hunter. ז (Zayin)
• Daniel 11:15Then the king of the north will advance and will build siege mounds and capture a well-fortified city. The forces of the south will not prevail, not even his finest contingents. They will have no strength to prevail.
• Galatians 4:4But when the appropriate time had come, God sent out his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
• Hebrews 9:26for then he would have had to suffer again and again since the foundation of the world. But now he has appeared once for all at the consummation of the ages to put away sin by his sacrifice.
• 1 Peter 1:20He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was manifested in these last times for your sake.
• Romans 5:8But God demonstrates his own love for us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
• Romans 4:25He was given over because of our transgressions and was raised for the sake of our justification.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:9For God did not destine us for wrath but for gaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Romans 4:5But to the one who does not work, but believes in the one who declares the ungodly righteous, his faith is credited as righteousness.
• Romans 11:26And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come out of Zion; he will remove ungodliness from Jacob.
• Psalms 1:1How blessed is the one who does not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand in the pathway with sinners, or sit in the assembly of scoffers!
• 1 Timothy 1:9realizing that law is not intended for a righteous person, but for lawless and rebellious people, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers,
• 2 Peter 2:5and if he did not spare the ancient world, but did protect Noah, a herald of righteousness, along with seven others, when God brought a flood on an ungodly world,

Commentaries on Romans 5:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6For when we were yet without strength - The apostle, having pointed out the glorious state of the believing Gentiles, takes occasion to contrast this with their former state; and the means by which they were redeemed from it. Their former state he points out in four particulars; which may be applied to men in general. I. They were , without strength; in a weak, dying state: neither able to resist sin, nor do any good: utterly devoid of power to extricate…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6For when … - This opens a new view of the subject, or it is a new argument to show that our hope will not make ashamed, or will not disappoint us. The first argument he had stated in the previous verse, that the Holy Spirit was given to us. The next, which he now states, is, that God had given the most ample proof that he would save us by giving his Son when we were sinners; and that he who had done so much for us when we were enemies, would not now fail…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
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6at just the right time: This could mean God sent Christ at a specific historical moment. It could also mean our totally vulnerable spiritual condition was the perfect time for God to demonstrate his love by sending his Son on our behalf.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 5:6

• Atonement
• Depravity of Man
• Grace of God
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Suffering

In the dictionaries

• Christ
• Christ, Messiah
• Abound
• Access
• Adoption
• Atonement
• Condemnation
• Die
• Disobedience
• Faith

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