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Romans 5:6

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

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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γὰρgarforG1063 →
ΧριστὸςChristosChristG5547 →
ὄντωνontōnbeingG1510 →
ἡμῶνhēmōnof usG3165 →
ἀσθενῶνasthenōnwithout strengthG772 →
ἔτιetistillG2089 →
κατὰkataaccording toG2596 →
καιρὸνkairon[the] right timeG2540 →
ὑπὲρhuperforG5228 →
ἀσεβῶνasebōn[the] ungodlyG765 →
ἀπέθανεν·apethanendied;G599 →

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Luke 19:10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”Ephesians 2:1–5And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,Romans 5:8But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.Colossians 2:13When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our trespasses,Titus 3:3–5For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.Romans 5:10For if, when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life!Romans 4:25He was delivered over to death for our trespasses and was raised to life for our justification.Titus 2:12It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age,Romans 4:5However, to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness.1 Thessalonians 5:9For God has not appointed us to suffer wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.Galatians 4:4But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,Hebrews 9:26Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.1 Timothy 1:9We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers,Ephesians 2:5made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our trespasses. It is by grace you have been saved!1 Timothy 1:15This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst.1 Peter 5:6Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, so that in due time He may exalt you.1 Peter 1:20He was known before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in the last times for your sake.Hebrews 9:15Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.

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