Romans 5:8
But God proves his own love toward us, because while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Unlocked Literal Bible
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
Cross References
Isaiah 53:6We all like sheep have gone astray; we have each turned to his own way, 1 and Yahweh has placed on him the iniquity of us all. 1
John 15:13No one has greater love than this—that he lay down his life for his friends.
Romans 4:25This is the one who was delivered up for our trespasses and was raised for our justification.
Romans 5:20But the law came in to increase the trespass. But where sin abounded, grace abounded even more.
Ephesians 2:7so that in the ages to come he might show to us the immeasurably great riches of his grace expressed in his kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
1 Peter 3:18Christ also suffered once for sins. He who is righteous suffered for us, who were unrighteous, so that he would bring us to God. He was put to death in the flesh, but he was 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 →