Romans 5:6
For while we were yet weak, in due season Christ died for the ungodly.
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
In Context
Cross References
Numbers 7:15one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering;
Lamentations 1:6And from the daughter of Zion all her majesty is departed: Her princes are become like harts that find no pasture, And they are gone without strength before the pursuer.
Daniel 11:15So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mound, and take a well-fortified city: and the forces of the south shall not stand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to stand.
Romans 4:25who was delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification.
Romans 5:10For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, shall we be saved by his life;
Galatians 4:4but when the fulness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
Matthew Henry on Romans 5:2-6
Justification and Its Effects. ( a. d. 58.) 1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: 2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3 And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; 4 And patience, experience; and experience, hope: 5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto… Read the whole commentary →