Romans 5:7 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁷ For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: for peradventure for the good man some one would even dare to die.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ Now it is an extraordinary thing for one to give his life even for an upright man, though perhaps for a noble and lovable and generous benefactor someone might even dare to die.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: for peradventure for the good man some one would even dare to die.

Common English Bible

⁷ It isn’t often that someone will die for a righteous person, though maybe someone might dare to die for a good person.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ Now someone might barely be willing to die for the sake of justice, for example, perhaps someone might dare to die for the sake of a good man.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ For scarce for a just man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man some one would dare to die.

Romans 5:7 Cross References

2 Samuel 18:27

And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings.

2 Samuel 18:3

But the people said, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better that thou be ready to succour us out of the city.

Psalm 112:5

Well is it with the man that dealeth graciously and lendeth; He shall maintain his cause in judgement.

Matthew 13:15

For this people's heart is waxed gross, And their ears are dull of hearing, And their eyes they have closed; Lest haply they should perceive with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And should turn again, And I should heal them.

John 15:13

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Acts 11:24

for he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.

Romans 16:4

who for my life laid down their own necks; unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles:

Romans 5:6

For while we were yet weak, in due season Christ died for the ungodly.

Romans 5:8

But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

1 John 3:16

Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.