Romans 5:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Now it is hard for anyone to give his life even for an upright man, though it might be that for a good man someone would give his life.

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  • Ps 112:5 : 5 All is well for the man who is kind and gives freely to others; he will make good his cause when he is judged.
  • John 15:13 : 13 Greater love has no man than this, that a man gives up his life for his friends.
  • Acts 11:24 : 24 For he was a good man and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith: and a great number were joined to the Lord.
  • Rom 16:4 : 4 Who for my life put their necks in danger; to whom not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are in debt:
  • 1 John 3:16 : 16 In this we see what love is, because he gave his life for us; and it is right for us to give our lives for the brothers.
  • 2 Sam 18:3 : 3 But the people said, It is better for you not to go out: for if we are put to flight, they will not give a thought to us, and if death overtakes half of us, it will be nothing to them: but you are of more value than ten thousand of us: so it is better for you to be ready to come to our help from this town.
  • 2 Sam 18:27 : 27 And the watchman said, It seems to me that the running of the first is like the running of Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and his news will be good.
  • 2 Sam 23:14-17 : 14 And at that time David had taken cover in the strong place, and an armed force of the Philistines was in Beth-lehem. 15 And David, moved by a strong desire, said, If only someone would give me a drink of water from the water-hole of Beth-lehem, by the doorway into the town! 16 And the three men, forcing their way through the Philistine army, got water from the water-hole of Beth-lehem, by the doorway into the town, and took it back to David: but he would not take it, but, draining it out, made an offering of it to the Lord. 17 And he said, Far be it from me, O Lord, to do this; how may I take as my drink the life-blood of men who have put their lives in danger? So he would not take it. These things did the three great men of war.

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    8But God has made clear his love to us, in that, when we were still sinners, Christ gave his life for us.

    9Much more, if we now have righteousness by his blood, will salvation from the wrath of God come to us through him.

    10For if, when we were haters of God, the death of his Son made us at peace with him, much more, now that we are his friends, will we have salvation through his life;

  • Rom 5:6
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    6For when we were still without strength, at the right time Christ gave his life for evil-doers.

  • 2 Cor 5:14-15
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    14For it is the love of Christ which is moving us; because we are of the opinion that if one was put to death for all, then all have undergone death;

    15And that he underwent death for all, so that the living might no longer be living to themselves, but to him who underwent death for them and came back from the dead.

  • Rom 6:10-11
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    10For his death was a death to sin, but his life now is a life which he is living to God.

    11Even so see yourselves as dead to sin, but living to God in Christ Jesus.

  • John 15:13
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    13Greater love has no man than this, that a man gives up his life for his friends.

  • Rom 14:7-8
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    7For every man's life and every man's death has a relation to others as well as to himself.

    8As long as we have life we are living to the Lord; or if we give up our life it is to the Lord; so if we are living, or if our life comes to an end, we are the Lord's.

  • 1 Pet 3:17-18
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    17Because if it is God's purpose for you to undergo pain, it is better to do so for well-doing than for evil-doing.

    18Because Christ once went through pain for sins, the upright one taking the place of sinners, so that through him we might come back to God; being put to death in the flesh, but given life in the Spirit;

  • 1 Thess 5:10
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    10Who was put to death for us, so that, awake or sleeping, we may have a part in his life.

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    16In this we see what love is, because he gave his life for us; and it is right for us to give our lives for the brothers.

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    11For, while living, we are still being given up to death because of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our flesh, though it is under the power of death.

    12So then, death is working in us, but life in you.

  • 1 Pet 4:18
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    18And if it is hard for even the good man to get salvation, what chance has the man without religion or the sinner?

  • Rom 5:15-19
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    15But the free giving of God is not like the wrongdoing of man. For if, by the wrongdoing of one man death came to numbers of men, much more did the grace of God, and the free giving by the grace of one man, Jesus Christ, come to men.

    16And the free giving has not the same effect as the sin of one: for the effect of one man's sin was punishment by the decision of God, but the free giving had power to give righteousness to wrongdoers in great number.

    17For, if by the wrongdoing of one, death was ruling through the one, much more will those to whom has come the wealth of grace and the giving of righteousness, be ruling in life through the one, even Jesus Christ.

    18So then, as the effect of one act of wrongdoing was that punishment came on all men, even so the effect of one act of righteousness was righteousness of life for all men.

    19Because, as numbers of men became sinners through the wrongdoing of one man, even so will great numbers get righteousness through the keeping of the word of God by one man.

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    1The upright man goes to his death, and no one gives a thought to it; and god-fearing men are taken away, and no one is troubled by it; for the upright man is taken away because of evil-doing, and goes into peace.

  • Rom 6:7-8
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    7Because he who is dead is free from sin.

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    32He who did not keep back his only Son, but gave him up for us all, will he not with him freely give us all things?

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    12For this reason, as through one man sin came into the world, and death because of sin, and so death came to all men, because all have done evil:

  • John 3:15-16
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    15So that whoever has faith may have in him eternal life.

    16For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life.

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    27And because by God's law death comes to men once, and after that they are judged;

  • Acts 15:26
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    26Men who have given up their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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    20There is no man on earth of such righteousness that he does good and is free from sin all his days.

  • Rom 7:13
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    13Was then that which is good, death to me? In no way. But the purpose was that sin might be seen to be sin by working death to me through that which is good; so that through the orders of the law sin might seem much more evil.

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    36As it is said in the holy Writings, Because of you we are put to death every day; we are like sheep ready for destruction.

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    19For it is a sign of grace if a man, desiring to do right in the eyes of God, undergoes pain as punishment for something which he has not done.

  • Rom 3:5
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    5But if the righteousness of God is supported by our wrongdoing what is to be said? is it wrong for God to be angry (as men may say)?

  • Rom 6:23
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    23For the reward of sin is death; but what God freely gives is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord.

  • 1 John 4:10
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    10And this is love, not that we had love for God, but that he had love for us, and sent his Son to be an offering for our sins.

  • 2 Thess 1:5
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    5Which is a clear sign of the decision which God in his righteousness has made; to give you a part in his kingdom, for which you have undergone this pain;

  • Luke 23:47
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    47And when the captain saw what was done, he gave praise to God, saying, Without doubt this was an upright man.

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    11I am the good keeper of sheep: the good keeper gives his life for the sheep.

  • 2 Tim 2:11
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    11This is a true saying: If we undergo death with him, then will we be living with him:

  • Rom 5:21
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    21That, as sin had power in death, so grace might have power through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

  • Phil 2:30
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    30Because for the work of Christ he was near to death, putting his life in danger to make your care for me complete.

  • Jas 5:6
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    6You have given your decision against the upright man and have put him to death. He puts up no fight against you.

  • 1 Cor 15:30
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    30And why are we in danger every hour?

  • Ezek 18:26
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    26When the upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, death will overtake him; in the evil which he has done death will overtake him.

  • Rom 3:7
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    7But if, because I am untrue, God being seen to be true gets more glory, why am I to be judged as a sinner?