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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners.

Context of Romans 5:6

4perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. 7Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. 8But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: 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 16:4On the day you were born your cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water to make you clean, nor were you rubbed with salt or wrapped in cloths.
• Ephesians 2:1As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins,
• Colossians 2:13When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins,
• Lamentations 1:6All the splendor has departed from Daughter Zion. Her princes are like deer that find no pasture; in weakness they have fled before the pursuer.
• Daniel 11:15Then the king of the North will come and build up siege ramps and will capture a fortified city. The forces of the South will be powerless to resist; even their best troops will not have the strength to stand.
• Galatians 4:4But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
• Hebrews 9:26Otherwise Christ would have had to suffer many times since the creation of the world. But he has appeared once for all at the culmination of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself.
• 1 Peter 1:20He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake.
• Romans 5:8But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
• Romans 4:25He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:9For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Romans 4:5However, to the one who does not work but trusts God who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness.
• Romans 11:26and in this way all Israel will be saved. As it is written: “The deliverer will come from Zion; he will turn godlessness away from Jacob.
• Psalms 1:1Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers,
• 1 Timothy 1:9We also know that the law is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers,
• 2 Peter 2:5if he did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others;

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