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Romans 5:7 (WEB)
For one will hardly die for a righteous man. Yet perhaps for a good person someone would even dare to die.

Fathers and councils · 7

Origen, Against Celsus IV.28Book IV
“…were yet sinners, Christ died for us;” and although “scarcely for a righteous man will one die, yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.”” — editor's note: Cf. Rom. v. 7.
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Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies III.16Book III
“For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son; much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.”” — editor's note: Rom. v. 6–10. Irenæus appears to have read, as does the Vulgate, εἰς τί γάρ, for ἔτι γάρ in text. rec.
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Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 86
“For scarcely for a just man will one die: yet for a good man peradventure one would even dare to die:” but our Lord died for the wicked.” — editor's note: Rom. v. 8, 7.
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Augustine of Hippo, On the Holy Trinity XIII.10Book XIII
“But the same apostle calls us above several times by two appellations, viz. sinners and enemies of God,—one as if the most mild, the other plainly the most harsh,—saying, “For if when we were yet weak, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.”” — editor's note: Rom. v. 6–10
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John Chrysostom, Homilies on John Homily 26
“Yet a man would not do this even for a friend, nor readily even for a righteous man; as Paul has declared when he said, “Scarcely for a righteous man will one die.” ( Rom. v. 7.)” — the author cites it
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Jerome, Letters Letter 121
“(7) What is the meaning of Rom. v. 7?” — the author cites it
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Leo the Great, Sermons Sermon 85
“…man who is doomed to die one day should die for a righteous man, and another that One Who is free from the debt of sin should lay down His life for the wicked: yet the martyrs also have done great service to all men, in that the Lord Who gave them boldness, has used it to show that the penalty of death and the pain…” — editor's note: Cf. Rom. v. 7, 8.
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