Romans 5:8

James Moffatt - New Testament

But God proves his love for us by this, that Christ died for us when we were still sinners.

Cross References

John 15:13

To lay life down for his friends, man has no greater love than that.

John 3:16

For God loved the world so dearly that he gave up his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life, instead of perishing.

Romans 5:6

For when we were still in weakness, Christ died in due time for the ungodly. For the ungodly!

1 Peter 3:18

Christ himself died for sins, once for all, a just man for unjust men, that he might bring us near to God; in the flesh he was put to death but he came to life in the Spirit.

1 John 3:16

We know what love is by this, that He laid down his life for us; so we ought to lay down our lives for the brotherhood.

Ephesians 2:7

to display throughout ages to come his surpassing wealth of grace and goodness toward us in Christ Jesus.

Romans 4:25

Jesus who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised that we might be justified.

1 Timothy 1:16

I obtained mercy, for the purpose of furnishing Christ Jesus with the chief illustration of his utter patience; I was to be the typical instance of all who were to believe in him and gain eternal life.

Romans 5:20

Law slipped in to aggravate the trespass; sin increased, but grace surpassed it far,

Romans 3:5

But if our iniquity thus serves to bring out the justice of God, what are we to infer? That it is unfair of God to inflict his anger on us? (I speak in a merely human way.)

Romans 5:7

Why, a man will hardly die for the just — though one might bring oneself to die, if need be, for a good man.

Romans 8:32

The God who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, surely He will give us everything besides!

Romans 8:39

no powers of the Height or of the Depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to part us from God's love in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Galatians 2:20

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, Christ lives in me; the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me.

Ephesians 5:2

and lead lives of love, just as Christ loved you and gave himself up for you to be a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

Hebrews 8:3

Now, as every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices, he too must have something to offer.