Romans 5:8
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
King James Version
In Context
9Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
Cross References
Isaiah 53:6All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
John 15:13Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Romans 4:25Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.
Romans 5:20Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
Ephesians 2:7That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
1 Peter 3:18For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened 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 →