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Romans 5:8 Cross-References
Explore 13 cross-references for Romans 5:8 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Romans chapter 5 verse 8 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”
Romans 5:8 (KJV)
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Commentary on Romans 5:8
But God commendeth his love toward us (συνίστησιν δὲ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ἀγάπην εἰς ἡμᾶς ὁ θεός)—the verb συνίστημι (synistēmi) means to demonstrate, prove, establish. God doesn't merely declare His love but demonstrates it historically in Christ's death. This is ἀγάπη (agapē), the distinctive Christian term for self-giving love that seeks the good of the undeserving.In that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us (ἔτι ἁμαρτωλῶν ὄντων ἡμῶν Χριστὸς ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ἀπέθανεν)—the temporal clause stresses simultaneity: not after we improved, not because we showed potential, but while still actively sinnin...
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Cross-References for Romans 5:8
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“that someone lay down his life for his friends.”
“that he gave his one and only Son”
“at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.”
“the righteous for the unrighteous”
“because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.”
“that God has sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.”
“All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.”
“That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.”
“and was raised for our justification.”
“by which he freely bestowed favor on us in the Beloved”