Romans 5:7
For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet possibly for a good man some would even dare to die.
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6For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
Cross References
2 Samuel 18:3But the people answered, You shall not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but now you are worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better that you help us out of the city.
2 Samuel 23:14And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.
John 15:13Greater love (o. agape) has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Romans 16:4Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto 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 →