Romans 5:6
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For why did Christ, when as yet we were weak, according to the time, die for the ungodly?

For.

Ezekiel 16:4-8 And when thou wast born, in the day of thy nativity thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed with water for thy health, nor salted with salt, nor swaddled with clouts. . . .

Ephesians 2:1-5 And you, when you were dead in your offences and sins, . . .

Colossians 2:13 And you, when you were dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, he hath quickened together with him, forgiving you all offences:

Titus 3:3-5 For we ourselves also were some time unwise, incredulous, erring, slaves to divers desires and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another. . . .

without.

Lamentations 1:6 Vau. And from the daughter of Sion, all her beauty is departed; her princes are become like rams that find no pastures; and they are gone away without strength before the face of the pursuer.

Daniel 11:15 And the king of the north shall come, and shall cast up a mount, and shall take the best fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, and his chosen ones shall rise up to resist, and they shall not have strength.

in due time.

Galatians 4:4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent his Son, made of a woman, made under the law:

Hebrews 9:26 For then he ought to have suffered often from the beginning of the world. But now once, at the end of ages, he hath appeared for the destruction of sin by the sacrifice of himself.

1 Peter 1:20 Foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but manifested in the last times for you:

Christ.

Romans 5:8 But God commendeth his charity towards us: because when as yet we were sinners according to the time.

Romans 4:25 Who was delivered up for our sins and rose again for our justification.

1 Thessalonians 5:9 For God hath not appointed us unto wrath: but unto the purchasing of salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,

ungodly.

Romans 4:5 But to him that worketh not, yet believeth in him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is reputed to justice, according to the purpose of the grace of God.

Romans 11:26 And so all Israel should be saved, as it is written: There shall come out of Sion, he that shall deliver and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob.

Psalm 1:1 Blessed is the man who hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the chair of pestilence:

1 Timothy 1:9 Knowing this: That the law is not made for the just man but for the unjust and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the wicked and defiled, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

Titus 2:12 Instructing us, that, denying ungodliness and worldly desires, we should live soberly and justly and godly in this world,

2 Peter 2:5,6 And spared not the original world, but preserved Noe, the eighth person, the preacher of justice, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly. . . .

2 Peter 3:7 But the heavens and the earth which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of the ungodly men.

Jude 1:4,15,18 For certain men are secretly entered in (who were written of long ago unto this judgment), ungodly men, turning the grace of our Lord God into riotousness and denying the only sovereign Ruler and our Lord Jesus Christ. . . .

Context
Christ's Sacrifice for the Ungodly
5And hope confoundeth not: because the charity of God is poured forth in our hearts, by the Holy Ghost who is given to us. 6For why did Christ, when as yet we were weak, according to the time, die for the ungodly? 7For scarce for a just man will one die: yet perhaps for a good man some one would dare to die.…
Cross References
Romans 4:25
Who was delivered up for our sins and rose again for our justification.

Romans 5:7
For scarce for a just man will one die: yet perhaps for a good man some one would dare to die.

Romans 5:8
But God commendeth his charity towards us: because when as yet we were sinners according to the time.

Romans 5:10
For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son: much more, being reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.

Romans 8:32
He that spared not even his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how hath he not also, with him, given us all things?

Romans 8:34
Who is he that shall condemn? Christ Jesus that died: yea that is risen also again, who is at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.

Galatians 2:20
And I live, now not I: but Christ liveth in me. And that I live now in the flesh: I live in the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and delivered himself for me.

Galatians 4:4
But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent his Son, made of a woman, made under the law:

Ephesians 5:2
And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us and hath delivered himself for us, an oblation and a sacrifice to God for an odour of sweetness.

Hebrews 8:3
For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is necessary that he also should have some thing to offer.

Lexicon
For
γὰρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

at
κατὰ (kata)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 2596: A primary particle; down, in varied relations (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined).

just
ἔτι (eti)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 2089: (a) of time: still, yet, even now, (b) of degree: even, further, more, in addition. Perhaps akin to etos; 'yet, ' still.

[the] right time,
καιρὸν (kairon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2540: Fitting season, season, opportunity, occasion, time. Of uncertain affinity; an occasion, i.e. Set or proper time.

while
ἡμῶν (hēmōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

we were
ὄντων (ontōn)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

still
Ἔτι (Eti)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 2089: (a) of time: still, yet, even now, (b) of degree: even, further, more, in addition. Perhaps akin to etos; 'yet, ' still.

powerless,
ἀσθενῶν (asthenōn)
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 772: (lit: not strong), (a) weak (physically, or morally), (b) infirm, sick. Strengthless.

Christ
Χριστὸς (Christos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 5547: Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus.

died
ἀπέθανεν (apethanen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 599: To be dying, be about to die, wither, decay. From apo and thnesko; to die off.

for
ὑπὲρ (hyper)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 5228: Gen: in behalf of; acc: above.

[the] ungodly.
ἀσεβῶν (asebōn)
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 765: Impious, ungodly, wicked. Irreverent, i.e. impious or wicked.


Additional Translations
For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.

Yet indeed Christ, of us still being without strength, according to the right time, died for the ungodly.

For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.

For while we were yet weak, in due season Christ died for the ungodly.

for we being still without strength, in [the] due time Christ has died for [the] ungodly.

For while we were yet weak, in due season Christ died for the ungodly.

For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.

For already, while we were still helpless, Christ at the right moment died for the ungodly.

For while we were yet weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.

For in our being still ailing, Christ in due time did die for the impious;
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