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 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

6For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 7For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man 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 wrath through Him. 10For if when 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

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 5:20Moreover the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more,
• Romans 3:5But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unjust who inflicts wrath? (I speak as a man.)
• John 15:13Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.
• Ephesians 1:6to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.
• Ephesians 2:7that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
• 1 Timothy 1:16However, for this reason I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show all longsuffering, as a pattern to those who are going to believe on Him for everlasting life.
• Isaiah 53:6All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his 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 just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit,
• 1 John 3:16By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
• 1 John 4:9In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten 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

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
• 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