Romans 5:8
But God commendeth his own love towards us, that, though we were yet sinners, Christ died in our stead.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
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
9Therefore much more, being justified already by his blood, shall we be saved by him from wrath.
Cross References
John 15:13Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Romans 4:25who was delivered up for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.
Romans 5:20But the law was introduced, that the offence might be more abundant. But where sin had abounded, there hath grace abounded more exceedingly:
Ephesians 2:7That he might shew forth in the ages to come the transcendent riches of his grace, in the kindness shewed to us in Christ Jesus.
1 Peter 3:18For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, put to death indeed in the flesh, but raised to life 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 →