Romans 5:6

Easy To Read Version

Christ died for us while we were still weak people. We were living against God, but at the right time, Christ died for us.

Cross References

Psalm 1:1

A person will be truly happy if he\par doesn’t follow the advice of bad people\par and doesn’t live like sinners\par and doesn’t feel at home with people\par who don’t respect God. {\cf2\super [1]} \par

Lamentations 1:6

The beauty of the Daughter of Zion {\cf2\super [4]} \par has gone away.\par Her princes became like deer.\par They were like deer\par that can’t find a meadow to feed in.\par They ran away without strength.\par They ran away from those people\par that chased them.\par

Daniel 11:15

Then the northern king will come and build ramps against the walls and capture a strong city. The southern army will not have the power to fight back. Even the best soldiers from the southern army will not be strong enough to stop the northern army.

Romans 11:26

And that is how all Israel will be saved. It is written \{in the Scriptures {\cf2\super [125]} \}:

Romans 4:25

Jesus was given to die for our sins. And he was raised from death to make us right with God.

Romans 4:5

But a person cannot do any work that will make him right with God. So that person must trust in God. Then God accepts that person’s faith (trust), and that makes him right with God. God is the One who makes even evil people right.

Romans 5:10

I mean that while we were God’s enemies, God made friends with us through the death of his Son. So surely, now that we are God’s friends, God will save us through his Son’s life.

Romans 5:7

Very few people will die to save the life of another person, even if that other person is a good person. If the person is a very good person, then someone might be willing to die for that person.

Romans 5:8

But Christ died for us while we were still sinners. In that way God showed us that he loves us very much.

Romans 8:32

He even let his own Son suffer for us. God gave his Son for us all. So with Jesus now, God will surely give us all things.

Romans 8:34

Who can say that God’s people are guilty? No one! Christ Jesus died \{for us\}, but that is not all. He was also raised from death. And now he is at God’s right side and is begging God for us.

Galatians 2:20

So the life that I live now is not really me—it is Christ living in me. I still live in my body, but I live by faith in the Son of God (Jesus). Jesus is the One who loved me. He gave himself to save me.

Galatians 4:4

But when the right time came, God sent his Son. God’s Son was born from a woman. God’s Son lived under the law. {\cf2\super [48]}

Ephesians 5:2

Live a life of love. Love other people the same as Christ loved us. Christ gave himself for us—he was a sweet-smelling offering and sacrifice {\cf2\super [37]} to God.

Colossians 2:13

You were spiritually dead because of your sins and because you were not free from the power of your sinful self. But God made you alive with Christ. And God forgave all our sins.

1 Thessalonians 5:9

God did not choose us to suffer his anger. God chose us to have salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Timothy 1:9

We also know that the law is not made for good people. The law is made for people who are against the law and for people who refuse to follow the law. The law is for people who are against God and are sinful, people who are not holy and have no religion, people who kill their fathers and mothers, murderers,

Titus 2:12

That grace teaches us not to live against God and not to do the bad things the world wants to do. That grace teaches us to live on earth now in a wise and right way—a way that shows that we serve God.

Hebrews 8:3

Every high priest {\cf2\super [80]} has the work of offering gifts and sacrifices {\cf2\super [81]} to God. So our high priest must also offer something to God.

Hebrews 9:26

If Christ had offered himself many times, then he would have needed to suffer many times since the time the world was made. But Christ came \{and offered himself\} only once. And that once is enough for all time. Christ came at a time when the world is nearing an end. Christ came to take away all sin by offering himself as a sacrifice. {\cf2\super [118]}

1 Peter 1:20

Christ was chosen before the world was made. But he was shown \{to the world\} in these last times for you.

2 Peter 3:7

And that same word \{of God\} is keeping the skies and the earth that we have now. The skies and the earth are being kept to be destroyed by fire. The skies and the earth are kept for the day of judgment and the destruction of all people who are against God.