Romans 5:8

New Living Translation

But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
But Christ died for us while we were still sinners, and by this God showed how much he loves us.

Revised Standard Version
But God shows his love for us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
But God setteth out his love that he hath to vs seinge that whyll we were yet synners Christ dyed for vs.

Hebrew Names Version
But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Messiah died for us.

International Standard Version
But God demonstrates his love for us by the fact that Christ died for us while we were still sinners.John 15:13; 1 Peter 3:18; 1 John 3:16; 4:9-10;">[xr]

New American Standard Bible
But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

New Century Version
But God shows his great love for us in this way: Christ died for us while we were still sinners.

Update Bible Version
But God commends his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Webster's Bible Translation
But God commendeth his love towards us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

English Standard Version
but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

World English Bible
But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But God recommendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Weymouth's New Testament
But God gives proof of His love to us in Christ's dying for us while we were still sinners.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But God comendith his charite in vs; for if whanne we weren yit synneris,

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

Berean Standard Bible
But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Contemporary English Version
But God showed how much he loved us by having Christ die for us, even though we were sinful.

Amplified Bible
But God clearly shows and proves His own love for us, by the fact that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

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

Bible in Basic English
But God has made clear his love to us, in that, when we were still sinners, Christ gave his life for us.

Complete Jewish Bible
But God demonstrates his own love for us in that the Messiah died on our behalf while we were still sinners.

Darby Translation
but God commends *his* love to us, in that, we being still sinners, Christ has died for us.

Etheridge Translation
Nevertheless Aloha hath manifested his love for us, in that, when we were sinners, the Meshiha for us died:

Murdock Translation
God hath here manifested his love towards us. Because, if when we were sinners, Messiah died for us;

King James Version (1611)
But God commendeth his loue towards vs, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for vs.

New Life Bible
But God showed His love to us. While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

New Revised Standard
But God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us.

Geneva Bible (1587)
But God setteth out his loue towards vs, seeing that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for vs.

George Lamsa Translation
God has here manifested his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But God commendeth his own love unto us in that - we as yet being sinners, Christ in our behalf died.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But God commendeth his charity towards us: because when as yet we were sinners according to the time.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But God setteth out his loue towarde vs, seyng that whyle we were yet sinners, Christe dyed for vs.

Good News Translation
But God has shown us how much he loves us—it was while we were still sinners that Christ died for us!

Christian Standard Bible®
But God proves his own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

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

Lexham English Bible
but God demonstrates his own love for us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Literal Translation
but God commends His love to us in this , that we being yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Young's Literal Translation
and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Therfore doth God set forth his loue towarde vs, in yt Christ dyed for vs,whan we were yet synners:

Mace New Testament (1729)
but herein hath God displayed his love towards us, in that Christ died for us, even while we were yet sinners.

New English Translation
But God demonstrates his own love for us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

New King James Version
But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Simplified Cowboy Version
but God sent his son to die for us and we were no good at all.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Legacy Standard Bible
But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Contextual Overview

⁶ When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners. ⁷ Now, most people would not be willing to die for an upright person, though someone might perhaps be willing to die for a person who is especially good. ⁸ But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. ⁹ And since we have been made right in God's sight by the blood of Christ, he will certainly save us from God's condemnation. ¹⁰ For since our friendship with God was restored by the death of his Son while we were still his enemies, we will certainly be saved through the life of his Son. ¹¹ So now we can rejoice in our wonderful new relationship with God because our Lord Jesus Christ has made us friends of God. ¹² When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam's sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned. ¹³ Yes, people sinned even before the law was given. But it was not counted as sin because there was not yet any law to break. ¹⁴ Still, everyone died—from the time of Adam to the time of Moses—even those who did not disobey an explicit commandment of God, as Adam did. Now Adam is a symbol, a representation of Christ, who was yet to come. ¹⁵ But there is a great difference between Adam's sin and God's gracious gift. For the sin of this one man, Adam, brought death to many. But even greater is God's wonderful grace and his gift of forgiveness to many through this other man, Jesus Christ.

Bible Verse Review
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commendeth: Romans 5:20, Romans 3:5, John 15:13, Ephesians 1:6-8, Ephesians 2:7, 1 Timothy 1:16

in that: Isaiah 53:6, 1 Peter 3:18, 1 John 3:16, 1 John 4:9, 1 John 4:10

Reciprocal: Genesis 22:2 - Take Genesis 22:12 - seeing Judges 9:17 - adventured his life Song of Solomon 2:4 - his banner Song of Solomon 3:10 - the midst Isaiah 42:16 - and not Ezekiel 16:8 - thy time Zechariah 9:17 - how great is his goodness Matthew 7:11 - how Luke 6:35 - love Luke 7:37 - which Luke 18:13 - a sinner John 3:16 - God Romans 5:6 - Christ Romans 8:30 - he justified Romans 8:39 - love 2 Corinthians 6:4 - approving 2 Corinthians 8:9 - the grace Galatians 2:16 - but Ephesians 2:4 - his Ephesians 2:5 - dead 2 Thessalonians 2:16 - which 1 Timothy 1:15 - that Hebrews 2:9 - by Hebrews 9:15 - for 1 Peter 4:18 - the sinner

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But God commendeth his love towards us,.... That is, he hath manifested it, which was before hid in his heart; he has given clear evidence of it, a full proof and demonstration of it; he has so confirmed it by this instance, that there is no room nor reason to doubt of it; he has illustrated and set it off with the greater lustre by this circumstance of it,

in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us. God's elect were sinners in Adam, in whom they were naturally and federally, as all mankind were; hence polluted and guilty; and so they are in their own persons whilst unregenerate: they are dead in sin, and live in it, commit it, are slaves unto it, and are under the power and dominion of it; and many of them are the chief and vilest of sinners; and such they were considered when Christ died for them: but are not God's people sinners after conversion? yes; but sin has not the dominion over them; their life is not a course of sinning, as before; and besides, they are openly justified and pardoned, as well as renewed, and sanctified, and live in newness of life; so that their characters now are taken, not from their worse, but better part. And that before conversion is particularly mentioned here, to illustrate the love of God to them, notwithstanding this their character and condition; and to show that the love of God to them was very early; it anteceded their conversion; it was before the death of Christ for them; yea, it was from everlasting: and also to express the freeness of it, and to make it appear, that it did not arise from any loveliness in them; or from any love in them to him; nor from any works of righteousness done by them, but from his own sovereign will and pleasure.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But God commendeth ... - God has exhibited or showed his love in this unusual and remarkable manner.

His love - His kind feeling; his beneficence; his willingness to submit to sacrifice to do good to others.

While we were yet sinners - And of course his enemies. In this, his love surpasses all that has ever been manifested among people.

Christ died for us - In our stead; to save us from death. He took our place; and by dying himself on the cross, saved us from dying eternally in hell.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Romans 5:8. But God commendeth his love, c.] συνιστησι: God hath set this act of infinite mercy in the most conspicuous light, so as to recommend it to the notice and admiration of all.

While we were yet sinners — We were neither righteous nor good but impious and wicked. See the preceding verse, and Romans 5:6; Romans 5:6.