Romans 5:7
Now scarcely even for a righteous person will someone offer to die (although on behalf of a good man someone might dare even to die),
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6Now then, when we were incapacitated, even so Christ died for the ungodly, at the right moment.
8but God demonstrates His own love toward us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us!
Cross References
John 15:13No one has greater love than this, that someone should lay down his life for his friends.
Romans 16:4who risked their own necks for my life; to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the congregations 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 →