Romans 5:6
For while we were yet without strength, in due season Christ died for the ungodly.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
In Context
Cross References
Lamentations 1:6From the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed; Her princes are become like harts, that find no pasture; Without strength, they flee before the pursuer.
Daniel 11:15And the king of the North shall come, and cast up a mound, and take a fortified city; and the arms of the South shall not withstand, neither his chosen men, neither shall there be any strength to withstand.
Romans 4:25who was delivered up on account of our trespasses, and raised from the dead that we might be accepted as righteous.
Romans 5:10For if while enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more having been reconciled shall we be saved by his life;
Galatians 4:4but when the fullness 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 →