Romans 5:7
For one will hardly die for a righteous man. Yet perhaps for a good person someone would even dare to die.
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In Context
6For while we were yet weak, at the right time Messiah died for the ungodly.
8But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Messiah died for us.
Cross References
2 Samuel 18:3But the people said, “You shall not go out, for if we flee away, they will not care for us, neither if half of us die, will they care for us. But you are worth ten thousand of us. Therefore now it is better that you are ready to help us out of the city.”
2 Samuel 23:14David was then in the stronghold; and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.
John 15:13Greater love has no one than this, that someone 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 assemblies 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 →