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 patience, experience; and experience, hope: 5And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who is given to us. For when we were yet 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 some would even dare to die. 8But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet 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

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• weἡμῶνhēmōn · of usG2257
• wereὤνōn ousa on · beingG5607
• yetἔτιeti · stillG2089
• strengthἀσθενήςasthenēs · weakG772
• dueκατάkata · according toG2596
• timeκαιρόςkairos · time/right timeG2540
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
• diedἀποθνήσκωapothnēskō · to dieG599
• forὑπέρhuper · above/forG5228
• ungodlyἀσεβήςasebēs · ungodlyG765

Cross-references for Romans 5:6

• Ezekiel 16:4And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to cleanse thee ; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.
• Ephesians 2:1And youhath he made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
• Colossians 2:13And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he made alive together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
• Lamentations 1:6And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty hath departed: her princes are become like harts that find no pasture, and they are gone without strength before the pursuer.
• Daniel 11:15So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a bank, and take the most fortified cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand.
• Galatians 4:4But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
• Hebrews 9:26For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
• 1 Peter 1:20Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for you,
• Romans 5:8But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
• Romans 4:25Who was delivered for our offences, and raised again for our justification.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:9For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
• Romans 4:5But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
• Romans 11:26And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
• Psalms 1:1Blessedis the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers.
• 1 Timothy 1:9Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
• 2 Peter 2:5And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

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