Romans 5:8

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Summary

Romans 5:8

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

Commendeth

In that

General references

Numbers 7:15

John 15:13

Bible References

Commendeth

And the law came in besides, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace did abound more exceedingly:

But if our righteousness commendeth the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who visiteth with wrath? (I speak after the manner of men.)

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

to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved:

that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus:

howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me as chief might Jesus Christ show forth all his longsuffering, for an ensample of them that should thereafter believe on him unto eternal life.

In that

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and Jehovah hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;

Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

Herein was the love of God manifested in us, that God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world that we might live through him.

General references

one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering;

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