Romans 5:7
Now someone might barely be willing to die for the sake of justice, for example, perhaps someone might dare to die for the sake of a good man.
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6Yet why did Christ, while we were still infirm, at the proper time, suffer death for the impious?
8But God demonstrates his love for us in that, while we were yet sinners, at the proper time,
Cross References
2 Samuel 18:3And the people responded: “You shall not go out. For if we flee, there will not be great concern in them for us. Or if one half part of us will fall, they will not care much. For you are considered as one for ten thousand. Therefore, it is better that you should be in the city to strengthen us.”
2 Samuel 23:14And David was in a stronghold. Moreover, there was a garrison of the Philistines at that time in Bethlehem.
John 15:13No one has a greater love than this: that he lay down his life for his friends.
Romans 16:4who have risked their own necks on behalf of my life, for whom I give thanks, not I alone, but also all the churches of the Gentiles;
Matthew Henry on Romans 5:7-21
The First and the Second Adam; The Influence of Grace. ( a. d. 58.) 6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. 8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. 10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the… Read the whole commentary →