Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
In that
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Bible References
Commendeth
Romans 5:20
Law slipped in to aggravate the trespass; sin increased, but grace surpassed it far,
Romans 3:5
But if our iniquity thus serves to bring out the justice of God, what are we to infer? That it is unfair of God to inflict his anger on us? (I speak in a merely human way.)
John 15:13
To lay life down for his friends, man has no greater love than that.
Ephesians 1:6
redounding to the praise of his glorious grace bestowed on us in the Beloved,
Ephesians 2:7
to display throughout ages to come his surpassing wealth of grace and goodness toward us in Christ Jesus.
1 Timothy 1:16
I obtained mercy, for the purpose of furnishing Christ Jesus with the chief illustration of his utter patience; I was to be the typical instance of all who were to believe in him and gain eternal life.
In that
1 Peter 3:18
Christ himself died for sins, once for all, a just man for unjust men, that he might bring us near to God; in the flesh he was put to death but he came to life in the Spirit.
1 John 3:16
We know what love is by this, that He laid down his life for us; so we ought to lay down our lives for the brotherhood.
1 John 4:9
This is how the love of God has appeared for us, by God sending his only Son into the world, so that by him we might live.
General references
John 15:13
To lay life down for his friends, man has no greater love than that.