Romans 5:8
But God commendeth his charity towards us; because when as yet we were sinners, according to the time,
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
In Context
7For scarce for a just man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man some one would dare to die.
Cross References
Isaiah 53:6All we like sheep have gone astray, every one hath turned aside into his own way: and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
John 15:13Greater love than this no man hath, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Romans 4:25Who was delivered up for our sins, and rose again for our justification.
Romans 5:20Now the law entered in, that sin might abound. And where sin abounded, grace did more abound.
Ephesians 2:7That he might shew in the ages to come the abundant riches of his grace, in his bounty towards us in Christ Jesus.
1 Peter 3:18Because Christ also died once for our sins, the just for the unjust: that he might offer us to God, being put to death indeed in the flesh, but enlivened in 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 →