Romans 5:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • John 15:13 : 13 Greater love has no man than this, that a man gives up his life for his friends.
  • John 3:16 : 16 For 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.
  • Rom 5:6 : 6 For when we were still without strength, at the right time Christ gave his life for evil-doers.
  • 1 Pet 3:18 : 18 Because 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 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.
  • 1 John 4:9-9 : 9 And the love of God was made clear to us when he sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him. 10 And 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.
  • Isa 53:6 : 6 We all went wandering like sheep; going every one of us after his desire; and the Lord put on him the punishment of us all.
  • Rom 5:20 : 20 And the law came in addition, to make wrongdoing worse; but where there was much sin, there was much more grace:
  • Eph 2:7 : 7 That in the time to come he might make clear the full wealth of his grace in his mercy to us in Christ Jesus:
  • Rom 4:25 : 25 Who was put to death for our evil-doing, and came to life again so that we might have righteousness.
  • Eph 1:6-8 : 6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely gave to us in the Loved One: 7 In whom we have salvation through his blood, the forgiveness of our sins, through the wealth of his grace, 8 Which he gave us in full measure in all wisdom and care;
  • 1 Tim 1:16 : 16 But for this reason I was given mercy, so that in me, the chief of sinners, Jesus Christ might make clear all his mercy, as an example to those who in the future would have faith in him to eternal life.
  • Rom 3:5 : 5 But 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)?

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  • Rom 5:6-7
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    6 For when we were still without strength, at the right time Christ gave his life for evil-doers.

    7 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.

  • 1 John 4:9-11
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    9 And the love of God was made clear to us when he sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him.

    10 And 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.

    11 My loved ones, if God had such love for us, it is right for us to have love for one another.

  • Rom 5:9-12
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    9 Much more, if we now have righteousness by his blood, will salvation from the wrath of God come to us through him.

    10 For 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;

    11 And not only so, but we have joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we are now at peace with God.

    12 For 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:

  • Eph 2:4-5
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    4 But God, being full of mercy, through the great love which he had for us,

    5 Even when we were dead through our sins, gave us life together with Christ (by grace you have salvation),

  • 2 Cor 5:14-15
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    14 For 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;

    15 And 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.

  • 1 John 3:16
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    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.

  • 1 Thess 5:9-10
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    9 For God's purpose for us is not wrath, but salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

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

  • John 3:16-17
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    16 For 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.

    17 God did not send his Son into the world to be judge of the world; he sent him so that the world might have salvation through him.

  • Titus 3:4-5
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    4 But when the mercy of God our Saviour, and his love to man was seen,

    5 Not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but in the measure of his mercy, he gave us salvation, through the washing of the new birth and the giving of new life in the Holy Spirit,

  • Rom 8:36-37
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    36 As it is said in the holy Writings, Because of you we are put to death every day; we are like sheep ready for destruction.

    37 But we are able to overcome all these things and more through his love.

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

  • Rom 3:24-25
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    24 And they may have righteousness put to their credit, freely, by his grace, through the salvation which is in Christ Jesus:

    25 Whom God has put forward as the sign of his mercy, through faith, by his blood, to make clear his righteousness when, in his pity, God let the sins of earlier times go without punishment;

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

  • Rom 5:1
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    1 For which reason, because we have righteousness through faith, let us be at peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;

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

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

  • 2 Cor 5:21
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    21 For him who had no knowledge of sin God made to be sin for us; so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.

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

    8 But if we are dead with Christ, we have faith that we will be living with him;

  • 1 Pet 3:18
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    18 Because 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;

  • Rom 8:31-32
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    31 What may we say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us?

    32 He 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?

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

  • 1 John 4:19
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    19 We have the power of loving, because he first had love for us.

  • Gal 1:4
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    4 Who gave himself for our sins, so that he might make us free from this present evil world, after the purpose of our God and Father:

  • Eph 5:2
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    2 And be living in love, even as Christ had love for you, and gave himself up for us, an offering to God for a perfume of a sweet smell.

  • Rom 8:34
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    34 Who will give a decision against us? It is Christ Jesus who not only was put to death, but came again from the dead, who is now at the right hand of God, taking our part.

  • 1 John 2:2
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    2 He is the offering for our sins; and not for ours only, but for all the world.

  • 2 Cor 5:19
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    19 That is, that God was in Christ making peace between the world and himself, not putting their sins to their account, and having given to us the preaching of this news of peace.

  • Rom 8:1-3
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    1 For this cause those who are in Christ Jesus will not be judged as sinners.

    2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.

    3 For what the law was not able to do because it was feeble through the flesh, God, sending his Son in the image of the evil flesh, and as an offering for sin, gave his decision against sin in the flesh:

  • Rom 14:8
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    8 As 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.

  • Titus 2:14
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    14 Who gave himself for us, so that he might make us free from all wrongdoing, and make for himself a people clean in heart and on fire with good works.

  • 2 Cor 4:12
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    12 So then, death is working in us, but life in you.

  • Rom 5:15
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    15 But 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.

  • Col 1:14
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    14 In whom we have our salvation, the forgiveness of sins: