Romans 5:6 “For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, Christ died…”

Romans 5:6

For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.

World English Bible

For while we were yet weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.

American Standard Version

For while we were yet weak, in due season Christ died for the ungodly.

Geneva Bible 1599

For Christ, when we were yet of no strength, at his time died for the vngodly.

Darby Translation

for we being still without strength, in [the] due time Christ has died for [the] ungodly.

Young's Literal Translation

For in our being still ailing, Christ in due time did die for the impious;

Bible in Basic English

For when we were still without strength, at the right time Christ gave his life for evil-doers.

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Cross references

“For”

Ephesians 2:1–5 Colossians 2:13 Titus 3:3–5 Ezekiel 16:4–8

Ephesians 2:1–5 · BSB

And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,

Colossians 2:13 · BSB

When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our trespasses,

Titus 3:3–5 · BSB

For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.

Ezekiel 16:4–8 · BSB

On the day of your birth your cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water for cleansing. You were not rubbed with salt or wrapped in cloths.

“without”

Daniel 11:15 Lamentations 1:6

Daniel 11:15 · BSB

Then the king of the North will come, build up a siege ramp, and capture a fortified city. The forces of the South will not stand; even their best troops will not be able to resist.

Lamentations 1:6 · BSB

All the splendor has departed from the Daughter of Zion. Her princes are like deer that find no pasture; they lack the strength to flee in the face of the hunter.

“in due time”

Galatians 4:4 Hebrews 9:26 1 Peter 1:20

Galatians 4:4 · BSB

But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

Hebrews 9:26 · BSB

Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.

1 Peter 1:20 · BSB

He was known before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in the last times for your sake.

“Christ”

Romans 5:8 Romans 4:25 1 Thessalonians 5:9

Romans 5:8 · BSB

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

Romans 4:25 · BSB

He was delivered over to death for our trespasses and was raised to life for our justification.

1 Thessalonians 5:9 · BSB

For God has not appointed us to suffer wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.

“ungodly”

Titus 2:12 Romans 4:5 1 Timothy 1:9 Jude 1:4 Psalm 1:1 Jude 1:15

Titus 2:12 · BSB

It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

Romans 4:5 · BSB

However, to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness.

1 Timothy 1:9 · BSB

We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers,

Jude 1:4 · BSB

For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed—ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Ch…

Psalm 1:1 · BSB

Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.

Jude 1:15 · BSB

to execute judgment on everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of every ungodly act of wickedness and every harsh word spoken against Him by ungodly sinners.”

Also

Romans 5:10

Romans 5:10 · BSB

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!

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.

7Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die.

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