Romans 5:7
For scarcely for a righteous person will any one die: though for a good man perhaps some one might even dare to die.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
6For even then when we were without strength, Christ died in due time for the ungodly.
Cross References
John 15:13Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Romans 16:4(who for my life have laid down their own neck: to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches 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 →