Romans 5:8
But God setteth out his loue towarde vs, seyng that whyle we were yet sinners, Christe dyed for vs.
Bible (Bishops')
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
7Nowe scace wyll any man dye for the righteous: Yet peraduenture for the good some men durst dye.
9Muche more then nowe, we that are iustified by his blood, shalbe saued from wrath through hym.
Cross References
Isaiah 53:6As for vs we are all gone astray lyke sheepe, euery one hath turned his owne way: but the Lord hath throwen vpon hym all our sinnes.
Romans 4:25Which was deliuered for our sinnes, and was raysed agayne for our iustification.
Romans 5:20But the lawe in the meane tyme entred in, that sinne shoulde encrease. But where sinne was plenteous, grace was more plenteous.
1 Peter 3:18Forasmuch as Christe hath once suffered for sinnes, the iust for the vniust to bryng vs to God, and was kylled as parteynyng to the fleshe, but was quickened in the spirite.
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 →