Bible verse
But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 5:8 · BSB
The verses around it, from Romans 5.
4 perseverance, character; and character, hope.
5 And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.
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!
11 Not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.
KJV
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
ASV
But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
ERV
But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
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