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Where is “While we were still sinners, Christ died for us” in the Bible?
“While we were still sinners, Christ died for us” is Romans 5:8. Paul writes it to the church in Rome.
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It is Romans 5:8.
Yes, it is in the Bible.
Paul writes it to the church in Rome.
The verse
But God makes his own love for us plain: Christ died for us when we were still sinners.
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What it means there
Paul says a person might die for someone good. God shows his love by the timing: Christ died for people while they were still against him.
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Where is “While we were still sinners, Christ died for us” in the Bible?
“While we were still sinners, Christ died for us” is Romans 5:8. English Bibles word this verse in different ways. The Lumin Translation, a modern English Bible, is quoted here. Paul writes it to the church in Rome.
Is “While we were still sinners, Christ died for us” in the Bible?
Yes. It is Romans 5:8. In the Lumin Translation, Romans 5:8 reads: “But God makes his own love for us plain: Christ died for us when we were still sinners.”
Who said “While we were still sinners, Christ died for us”?
Paul writes it to the church in Rome.
What does “While we were still sinners, Christ died for us” mean in the Bible?
Paul says a person might die for someone good. God shows his love by the timing: Christ died for people while they were still against him.
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