Romans 5:8 (WEB)
But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Catechism · 1
“God "shows his love for us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us."” — Catechism footnote: Rom 5:8.
Fathers and councils · 18
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus IV.28Book IV
“…but certainly not by the Christians, who have been taught that “God commendeth His love towards us, in that, while we 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. 8.
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Irenaeus of Lyons
“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
“How hast Thou loved us, O good Father, who sparedst not Thine only Son, but deliveredst Him up for us wicked ones!” — editor's note: Christ did not, as in the words of a well-known hymn, “change the wrath to love.” For, as Augustin remarks in a very beautiful passage in Ev. Joh. Tract. cx.…
Read the whole comment“For if “while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us, how much more being now justified shall we be kept whole from wrath through Him.”” — editor's note: Rom. v. 8, 9.
Read the whole comment“For “God commendeth His love in us, in that while yet we were sinners, for us Christ died.”” — editor's note: Rom. v. 8.
Read the whole comment“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.
Read the whole comment“Those are the testimonies, by which He deigneth to prove unto us how much He loveth us.…” — editor's note: Rom. v. 8, 9; John xiv. 6; Rom. viii. 32.
Read the whole comment“…to us, He commendeth Himself to us; thanks to His condescension.…“But God commendeth His love to us”…“in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”…Let us see whether it be the commendation which the Apostle speaketh of, that Christ died for the sinners and ungodly: “the Lord who buildeth up Jerusalem, and…” — editor's note: Rom. v. 8.
Read the whole comment“Hear the apostle Paul: “But God showed His love in us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us:” the just for the unjust, the beautiful for the foul.” — editor's note: Rom. v. 8, 9.
Read the whole comment“Moreover, what greater reason is apparent for the advent of the Lord than that God might show His love in us, commending it powerfully, inasmuch as “while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us”?” — editor's note: Rom. v. 8, 10
Read the whole comment“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. 8–10—Donavit.
Read the whole comment“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
Read the whole comment“Then the apostle adds, “Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, in whom all have sinned;” etc.: in which he disputes at some length concerning the two men; the one the first Adam, through whose sin and death we, his descendants, are bound by, as it…” — editor's note: Rom. v. 8, 12
Read the whole comment“…greatness of His love, of which the same preacher of grace says, “God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us:” and thus judging truly of our own misery, and loving God with the love which He has Himself bestowed, we lead a holy and virtuous life.” — editor's note: Rom. v. 8
Read the whole comment“Whether I say the truth on this, let the apostle testify, when he says: “God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”” — editor's note: Rom. v. 8, 9.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“And Paul also, the apostle, in his epistle, has written, “If, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us; much more, being now justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.”” — editor's note: Rom. v. 8, 9.
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Basil the Great
“But you must hear too the words, “Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law;” and “while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”” — editor's note: Rom. v. 8.
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Leo the Great
“…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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Cross-references · 25
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Cited together in Sermons Sermon 85.
Cited together in On the Catechising of the Uninstructed Chapter 4.
Cited together in Catechism §604 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Catechism §604 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Against Celsus IV.28.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity IV.1.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 85.
Cited together in Against Celsus IV.28.
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Cited together in Against Celsus IV.28.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIII.16.
Cited together in Against Celsus IV.28.
Cited together in The Enchiridion Chapter 76.
Cited together in The Enchiridion Chapter 76.
Cited together in The Enchiridion Chapter 76.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 85.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 85.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 85.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 85.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 85.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 85.