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Romans 5:8
8But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.
Context of Romans 5:8
6You 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. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him! 10For if, while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through 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 was brought in so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more,
- Romans 3:5But if our unrighteousness brings out God’s righteousness more clearly, what shall we say? That God is unjust in bringing his wrath on us? (I am using a human argument.)
- John 15:13Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
- Ephesians 1:6to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves.
- Ephesians 2:7in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.
- 1 Timothy 1:16But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his immense patience as an example for those who would believe in him and receive eternal life.
- Isaiah 53:6We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
- 1 Peter 3:18For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit.
- 1 John 3:16This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.
- 1 John 4:9This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world 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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