Romans 5:8
But God commends his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
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
9Much more therefore, being now justified by his blood, shall we be saved from the wrath through him.
Cross References
John 15:13Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.
Romans 4:25who was delivered up for our offenses, and was raised for our justification.
Romans 5:20Moreover the law came in also, that the trespass might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound;
Ephesians 2:7that he might show, in the ages to come, the exceeding richness of his grace, in his kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
1 Peter 3:18Because Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive 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 →