"But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." — Romans 5:8

Romans 5:8 · KJV

“But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”

— Romans 5:8

For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.

Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.

Romans 5 — Context

For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. {in due time: or, according to the time}

For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.

For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.

Cross References

John 15:13

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

John 3:16

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Romans 5:6

For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. {in due time: or, according to the time}

1 Peter 3:18

For 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:

1 John 3:16

Hereby perceive we the love {of God}, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down {our} lives for the brethren.

1 John 4:9-10

In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

Isaiah 53:6

All 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. {laid...: Heb. made the iniquity of us all to meet on him}

Ephesians 2:7

That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in {his} kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.