Romans 5:6–11
He died for those who were still weak: this is how God shows his love
Study it word by word6For while we were still weak, at the right time the Messiah died for the ungodly.
7For scarcely will anyone die for a righteous person; though for the good person perhaps someone even dares to die.
8But God shows his own love for us in that while we were still sinners, the Messiah died for us.
9Much more, then, having now been declared righteous by his blood, we will be saved through him from the wrath.
10For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, having been reconciled, we will be saved by his life.
11And not only that, but we are also boasting in God through our Lord Jesus the Messiah, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.
In its context
4and perseverance produces proven character, and proven character, hope.
5And hope does not put us to shame, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
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12Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and through sin death, and so death spread to all people, because all sinned—
13For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not charged when there is no law.
Its words in the original
- ΧριστὸςChristos· Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
- ὄντωνontōn· be
Be, exist.
- ἀσθενῶνasthenōn· weak, sick
Weak; sick.
- καιρὸνkairon· time, right time
Time, the appointed moment.
- ἀσεβῶνasebōn· ungodly
Ungodly: someone who has no reverence for God.
- ἀπέθανενapethanen· die
Die.
- μόλιςmolis· hardly, with difficulty
Hardly, scarcely, with difficulty.
- δικαίουdikaiou· righteous, just
Righteous, just: someone who lives by what is right before God.
- ἀγαθοῦagathou· good
Good.
- τάχαtacha· perhaps
Perhaps.
- τολμᾷtolmai· dare
Dare.
- συνίστησινsynistēsin· commend, show
Commend, recommend; show, prove; also stand with, or hold together.
- ἀγάπηνagapēn· love
Love.
- θεὸςtheos· God, god
God. In the plural or in another sense, "gods".
- ἁμαρτωλῶνhamartōlōn· sinner
Sinner; in the Pharisees' mouth, someone who did not keep the law.
- πολλῷpollōi· much, many
Much, great; in the plural, many.
- μᾶλλονmallon· more, rather
More, rather.
- δικαιωθέντεςdikaiōthentes· declare righteous
Declare righteous: pronounce someone right before God, acquit; also show to be right. In the passive, "be declared righteous", "be acquitted".
- αἵματιhaimati· blood
Blood; also life poured out.
- σωθησόμεθαsōthēsometha· save
Save, rescue from danger or death; also heal from an illness.
- ὀργῆςorgēs· wrath, anger
Anger, wrath; said of God, his judgment against evil.
- ἐχθροὶechthroi· enemy
Enemy; hostile.
- κατηλλάγημενkatēllagēmen· reconcile
Reconcile: make peace between enemies.
- θανάτουthanatou· death
Death.
- υἱοῦhuiou· son, Son
Son. Also descendant: "son of David" means one of King David's family, and is a title of the promised Messiah.
- ζωῇzōēi· life
Life; the true life that God gives.
- μόνονmonon· only, alone
Alone, only.
- καυχώμενοιkauchōmenoi· boast
Boast, take pride in something; in a good sense, glory or rejoice in it.
- κυρίουkyriou· Lord, lord
Lord, master, owner. Said of God, the Lord; in Old Testament quotations it stands for the name YHWH.
- ἸησοῦIēsou· Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
- καταλλαγὴνkatallagēn· reconciliation
Reconciliation: peace restored between enemies.
- ἐλάβομενelabomen· take, receive
Take, receive.