But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Romans 5:8 in context
Romans 5:5–11
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and hope doesn’t disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
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For while we were yet weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
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For one will hardly die for a righteous man. Yet perhaps for a good person someone would even dare to die.
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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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Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we will be saved from God’s wrath through him.
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For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we will be saved by his life.
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Not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.
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