New Testament · SCRIPTURE
Romans 5:8
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But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
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But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
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But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
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But God demonstrates His own love to us, that [in] our being still sinners, Christ died for us.
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Romans 5
6 For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
7 Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die.
8 But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
9 Therefore, since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from wrath through Him!
10 For if, when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life!
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