Romans 5:7
for scarcely for a righteous man will any one die, for for the good man perhaps some one also doth dare to die;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
6For in our being still ailing, Christ in due time did die for the impious;
8and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;
Cross References
2 Samuel 18:3And the people say, 'Thou dost not go out, for if we utterly flee, they do not set [their] heart upon us; and if half of us die, they do not set [their] heart unto us — for now like us [are] ten thousand; and now, better that thou be to us from the city for an helper.'
2 Samuel 23:14and David [is] then in a fortress, and the station of the Philistines [is] then in Beth-Lehem,
John 15:13greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;
Romans 16:4who for my life their own neck did lay down, to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the assemblies of the nations —
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 →