Romans 5:8
But God demonstrates his love for us in that, while we were yet sinners, at the proper time,
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In The King James Version
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
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Isaiah 53:6We have all gone astray like sheep; each one has turned aside to his own way. And the Lord has placed all our iniquity upon him.
John 15:13No one has a greater love than this: that he lay down his life for his friends.
Romans 4:25who was handed over because of our offenses, and who rose again for our justification.
Romans 5:20Now the law entered in such a way that offenses would abound. But where offenses were abundant, grace was superabundant.
Ephesians 2:7so that he may display, in the ages soon to arrive, the abundant wealth of his grace, by his goodness toward us in Christ Jesus.
1 Peter 3:18For Christ also died once for our sins, the Just One on behalf of the unjust, so that he might offer us to God, having died, certainly, in the flesh, but having been enlivened by the Spirit.
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 →