But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Parallel translations
- KJV But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
- BSB But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
- NKJV But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
- NASB But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
- NLT But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.
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- The Love of God"God shows his love in that while we were sinners, Christ died for us."
Cross-references · 13
- John 15:13Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
- John 3:16For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
- Rom 5:6For while we were yet weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
- 1 Pet 3:18Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;
- 1 Jn 3:16By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
- 1 Jn 4:9–10By this God’s love was revealed in us, that God has sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.
- Isa 53:6All we like sheep have gone astray. Everyone has turned to his own way; and Yahweh has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
- Eph 2:7that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus;
- Rom 4:25who was delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification.
- Eph 1:6–8to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely gave us favor in the Beloved,
- Rom 5:20The law came in besides, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace abounded more exceedingly;
- 1 Tim 1:16However, for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first, Jesus Christ might display all his patience, for an example of those who were going to believe in him for eternal life.
- Rom 3:5But if our unrighteousness commends the righteousness of God, what will we say? Is God unrighteous who inflicts wrath? I speak like men do.
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