Romans 5:7-8

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Romans 5:8

commendeth . See Romans 3:5 . In this verse the subject of the sentence comes last, and reads "commendeth His own love toward us God", giving the Figure of speech Hyperbaton ( App-6 ), for emphasis. toward . Greek. eis . App-104 . in that = because. sinners . Greek. hamartolos. Compare App-128 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 5:7

Romans 5:7. For scarcely for a righteous man, &c.— Now scarcely, &c. for γαρ cannot have the forceof an illative particle here. He may in common speech be called a just or righteous man, who gives to every man what is by law his due; and he a good or benevolent man, who voluntarily abounds in kind and generous actions, to which no human laws can compel him. There may possibly be some allusion here to a rabbinical distribution of mankind into three classes, good men, righteous men, and... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 5:8

Romans 5:8. But God commendeth his love, &c.— St. Paul gives them here another evidence of the love of God towards them.—The ground they had to glory in the hopes of eternal salvation is the death of Christ for them while they were yet in their unconverted Gentile state, which he describes by calling them, Romans 5:6. ασθενεις, without strength;— ασεβεις, ungodly; αμαρτωλοι, sinners; Romans 5:8.: and εχθροι, enemies; Romans 5:10. These four epithets are given to them as Gentiles, they being... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 5:7

7. For scarcely for a righteous man—a man of simply unexceptionable character. will one—"any one" die: yet peradventure for a good man—a man who, besides being unexceptionable, is distinguished for goodness, a benefactor to society. some—"some one." would—rather, "doth." even dare to die—"Scarce an instance occurs of self-sacrifice for one merely upright; though for one who makes himself a blessing to society there may be found an example of such noble surrender of life" (So BENGEL, OLSHAUSEN,... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 5:8

8. But God commendeth—"setteth off," "displayeth"—in glorious contrast with all that men will do for each other. his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners—that is, in a state not of positive "goodness," nor even of negative "righteousness," but on the contrary, "sinners," a state which His soul hateth. Christ died for us—Now comes the overpowering inference, emphatically redoubled. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 5:1-11

D. The benefits of justification 5:1-11Paul’s original readers would have had another question because of what he had written in chapters 1-4. Is this method of justification safe? Since it is by faith, it seems quite unsure. Paul next gave evidence that this method is reliable by explaining the results of justification by faith.Moo argued that chapter 5 belongs with chapters 6-8 more than with Romans 3:21 to Romans 4:25. [Note: Moo, pp. 290-95.] He noted a chiastic structure in chapters 5-8... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 5:7

This verse prepares for the next one that contrasts with it. Paul used "righteous" here in the general sense of an upright person, not in the theological sense of a person made right with God. People appreciate a good person more than an upright person. Goodness carries the idea of one who is not only upright but loved for it because he or she reaches out to help others. [Note: J. B. Lightfoot, Notes on the Epistles of St. Paul, pp. 286-87.] read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 5:8

The third term used to describe those for whom Christ died is "sinners" ("wicked"; cf. Romans 3:23), neither righteous nor good. Paul here was contrasting the worth of the life laid down, Jesus Christ’s, and the unworthiness of those who benefit from His sacrifice. Whereas people may look at one another as meriting love because they are righteous or good, God views them as sinners. Nevertheless God loves them. His provision of His own Son as our Savior demonstrated the depth of His love (John... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 5:1-21

God’s Salvation and the Results of its AcceptanceSt. Paul completes his exposition of acceptance by faith by pointing to its blessed effects (Romans 5:1-11). In the following vv. he compares sin and acceptance, as to which he has shown that all men have sinned, while acceptance is open to all, and declares the cause of this universality. Sin is universal, because all men derive their being from Adam. But, over against Adam, Christ has entered into our race as its new head; and from Him, all who... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Romans 5:1-11

V.(1-11) A description of the serene and blissful state which the sense of justification brings. Faith brings justification; justification brings (let us see that it does bring) peace—peace with God, through the mediation of Jesus. To that mediation it is that the Christian owes his state of grace or acceptance in the present, and his triumphant hope of glory in the future. Nay, the triumph begins now. It begins even with tribulation, for tribulation leads by gradual stages to that tried and... read more

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