For while[a] we were still helpless, yet at the proper time Christ died for the ungodly. For only rarely will someone die on behalf of a righteous person (for on behalf of a good person possibly someone might even dare to die), but God demonstrates his own love for us, in that while[b] we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 5:6 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the participle (“were”) which is understood as temporal
  2. Romans 5:8 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the participle (“were”) which is understood as temporal

You see, at just the right time,(A) when we were still powerless,(B) Christ died for the ungodly.(C) Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.(D)

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