Romans 5:7
For scarce for a just man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man some one would dare to die.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
6For why did Christ, when as yet we were weak, according to the time, die for the ungodly?
Cross References
2 Samuel 18:3And the people answered: Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not much mind us: or if half of us should fall, they will not greatly care: for thou alone art accounted for ten thousand: it is better therefore that thou shouldst be in the city to succour us.
2 Samuel 23:14And David was then in a hold. and there was a garrison of the Philistines then in Bethlehem.
John 15:13Greater love than this no man hath, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Romans 16:4(Who have for my life laid down their own necks: to whom not I only give thanks, 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 →