Romans 5:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Συνίστησιν δὲ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ἀγάπην εἰς ἡμᾶς ὁ Θεός, ὅτι, ἔτι ἁμαρτωλῶν ὄντων ἡμῶν, Χριστὸς ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ἀπέθανεν.

Transliteration

Synistēsin de the heautou agapēn toward us ho Theos, because, still hamartōlōn ontōn us, Christos for us apethanen.

Grammar Details

*Synistēsin*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - demonstrates/commends/shows
*de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and/moreover
*heautou*: reflexive pronoun, genitive singular masculine - his own
*agapēn*: accusative singular feminine - love
*ho Theos*: nominative singular masculine - God
*hamartōlōn*: genitive plural masculine - sinners
*ontōn*: present active participle, genitive plural masculine - being/existing
*Christos*: nominative singular masculine - Christ
*apethanen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - died

Word Meanings

*Synistēsin*: demonstrates/commends/shows/proves/establishes
*agapēn*: love/charity/benevolence
*hamartōlōn*: sinners/sinful ones
*ontōn*: being/existing/while we were
*apethanen*: died/perished

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

John 15:13 : 13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
John 3:16 : 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.
Rom 5:6 : 6 For while we were yet weak, in due season Christ died for the ungodly.
1 Pet 3:18 : 18 Because Christ also {G3958} suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;
1 John 3:16 : 16 Hereby {G5129} know we love, {G2316} because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
1 John 4:9-9 : 9 Herein {G5129} was the love of God manifested in us, that God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world that we might live through him. 10 Herein {G5129} is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son [to be] the propitiation for our sins.
Isa 53:6 : 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and Jehovah hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Rom 5:20 : 20 And the law came in besides, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace did abound more exceedingly:
Eph 2:7 : 7 that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus:
Rom 4:25 : 25 who was delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification.
Eph 1:6-8 : 6 to the praise of the glory of his grace, {G1722} which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved: 7 in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, 8 which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
1 Tim 1:16 : 16 but for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me as chief might Jesus Christ show forth all his longsuffering, for a ensample of them that should thereafter believe on him unto eternal life.
Rom 3:5 : 5 But if our righteousness commendeth the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who visiteth with wrath? (I speak after the manner of men.)

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