Romans 5:6 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)6 Someone would not likely die to rescue a righteous person, though possibly someone would dare to die in order to rescue a good person. Ver CapítuloMás versionesKing James Version (Oxford) 17696 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. Ver CapítuloAmplified Bible - Classic Edition6 While we were yet in weakness [powerless to help ourselves], at the fitting time Christ died for (in behalf of) the ungodly. Ver CapítuloAmerican Standard Version (1901)6 For while we were yet weak, in due season Christ died for the ungodly. Ver CapítuloCommon English Bible6 While we were still weak, at the right moment, Christ died for ungodly people. Ver CapítuloCatholic Public Domain Version6 Yet why did Christ, while we were still infirm, at the proper time, suffer death for the impious? Ver Capítulo |
And when you were [spiritually] dead because of your sins and your lack of being physically circumcised [Note: This refers to their having been unconverted Gentiles and therefore outside of a relationship with God], God made you alive [again] together with Christ, having forgiven us for all of our sins.
For certain men have secretly infiltrated [your ranks]; they are men who had been written about long ago that they should be judged [and condemned] for perverting the unearned favor of our God into [a license for] living unrestrained, indecent lives, and who deny [the identity and work of] our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
And so [i.e., in this way] all the Israelites will be saved. [Note: The “all” here is thought by many to refer to a large number of the physical Jews who will be saved, not necessarily to every single individual Jew]. Even as it is written [Isa. 59:20-21], “The Deliverer [i.e., Christ] will come from Zion [i.e., either Jerusalem, or the nation of Israel]. He will take away the wickedness from Jacob [i.e., the Jews].”