Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Romans 5:6

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6-8. For when we were yet without strength —that is, powerless to deliver ourselves, and so ready to perish. in due time —at the appointed season. Christ died for the ungodly —Three signal properties of God's love are here given: First, "Christ died for the ungodly, " whose character, so far from meriting any interposition in their behalf, was altogether repulsive to the eye of God; second, He did this "when they were without strength "—with nothing between them and perdition but that self-originating divine compassion; third, He did this " at the due time, " when it was most fitting that it should take place (compare :- ), The two former of these properties the apostle now proceeds to illustrate. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-7" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-rom-5-001

절 (explains)

bible-text/rom-5-6

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological