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Romans 5:6–9

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For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
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From verse 6

  1. Ephesians 2:1–5Rank 1 from verse 6
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    1AND you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

    2Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

    3Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

    4But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

    5Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

  2. Romans 5:8Rank 2 from verse 6
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    8But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

  3. Colossians 2:13Rank 3 from verse 6
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    13And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;

  4. Titus 3:3–5Rank 4 from verse 6
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    3For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

    4But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,

    5Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

  5. Romans 5:10Rank 5 from verse 6
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    10For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.

  6. Romans 4:25Rank 6 from verse 6
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    25Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.

  7. Titus 2:12Rank 7 from verse 6
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    12Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

  8. 1 Thessalonians 5:9Rank 8 from verse 6
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    9For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,

  9. Galatians 4:4Rank 9 from verse 6
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    4But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,

  10. Hebrews 9:26Rank 10 from verse 6
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    26For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

  11. Romans 4:5Rank 11 from verse 6
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    5But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.

  12. 1 Timothy 1:9Rank 12 from verse 6
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    9Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

  13. 1 Peter 1:20Rank 13 from verse 6
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    20Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,

  14. 2 Peter 2:5–6Rank 14 from verse 6
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    5And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

    6And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;

  15. Ezekiel 16:4–8Rank 15 from verse 6
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    4And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.

    5None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the lothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born.

    6¶ And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live.

    7I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and bare.

    8Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord God, and thou becamest mine.

  16. Jude 1:4Rank 16 from verse 6
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    4For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

  17. Jude 1:15Rank 17 from verse 6
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    15To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.

  18. Psalms 1:1Rank 18 from verse 6
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    1BLESSED is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

  19. 2 Peter 3:7Rank 19 from verse 6
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    7But 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 ungodly men.

  20. Daniel 11:15Rank 20 from verse 6
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    15So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and take the most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand.

  21. Romans 11:26Rank 21 from verse 6
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    26And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:

  22. Jude 1:18Rank 22 from verse 6
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    18How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.

  23. Lamentations 1:6Rank 23 from verse 6
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    6And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed: her princes are become like harts that find no pasture, and they are gone without strength before the pursuer.

From verse 7

  1. John 15:13Rank 1 from verse 7
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    13Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

  2. 1 John 3:16Rank 2 from verse 7
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    16Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

  3. Romans 16:4Rank 3 from verse 7
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    4Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.

  4. Acts 11:24Rank 4 from verse 7
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    24For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.

  5. 2 Samuel 18:27Rank 5 from verse 7
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    27And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings.

  6. Psalms 112:5Rank 6 from verse 7
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    5A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.

  7. 2 Samuel 23:14–17Rank 7 from verse 7
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    14And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth-lehem.

    15And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate!

    16And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the Lord.

    17And he said, Be it far from me, O Lord, that I should do this: is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.

  8. 2 Samuel 18:3Rank 8 from verse 7
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    3But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but now thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better that thou succour us out of the city.

From verse 8

  1. John 15:13Rank 1 from verse 8
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    13Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

  2. John 3:16Rank 2 from verse 8
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    16¶ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

  3. Romans 5:6Rank 3 from verse 8
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    6For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.

  4. 1 Peter 3:18Rank 4 from verse 8
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    18For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

  5. 1 John 3:16Rank 5 from verse 8
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    16Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

  6. 1 John 4:9–10Rank 6 from verse 8
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    9In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

    10Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

  7. Isaiah 53:6Rank 7 from verse 8
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    6All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

  8. Ephesians 2:7Rank 8 from verse 8
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    7That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

  9. Romans 4:25Rank 9 from verse 8
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    25Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.

  10. Ephesians 1:6–8Rank 10 from verse 8
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    6To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

    7In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

    8Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;

  11. Romans 5:20Rank 11 from verse 8
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    20Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:

  12. 1 Timothy 1:16Rank 12 from verse 8
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    16Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.

  13. Romans 3:5Rank 13 from verse 8
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    5But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)

From verse 9

  1. 1 Thessalonians 1:10Rank 1 from verse 9
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    10And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.

  2. Romans 8:1Rank 2 from verse 9
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    1THERE is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

  3. Ephesians 2:13Rank 3 from verse 9
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    13But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

  4. Romans 3:24–26Rank 4 from verse 9
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    24Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

    25Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;

    26To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.

  5. John 5:24Rank 5 from verse 9
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    24Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

  6. Romans 1:18Rank 6 from verse 9
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    18For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;

  7. Romans 5:1Rank 7 from verse 9
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    1THEREFORE being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

  8. Hebrews 9:22Rank 8 from verse 9
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    22And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.

  9. Hebrews 9:14Rank 9 from verse 9
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    14How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

  10. Romans 8:30Rank 10 from verse 9
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    30Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

  11. 1 John 1:7Rank 11 from verse 9
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    7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

  12. Romans 5:10Rank 12 from verse 9
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    10For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.

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Romans 5:6

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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yet

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1. Up to or at the present or stated time; still. 2. At some future time. 3. Nevertheless; however. 4. In addition; further.

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without

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Outside or on the exterior; beyond a boundary; lacking, absent, free from, not accompanied by, or apart from the person, thing, condition, means, or relation named.

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strength

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Power, might, force, ability, firmness, courage, capacity, support, defence, resources, or that by which a person or thing is enabled to stand, act, endure, overcome, or accomplish a work.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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due

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1. Proper, fitting, or appointed for the stated time, season, order, or occasion. 2. Owed, payable, belonging, deserved, required, or rightfully assigned to a person or purpose.

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time

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A particular portion or part of duration, whether past, present or future.

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Christ

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The Anointed One; the same title as Messias.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Webster 1828

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ungodly

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Sense 1: Lacking reverence for God, opposed to his righteous character and rule, or living wickedly and impiously. Sense 2: Persons so characterized.

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DEFINED WORDS

Romans 5:7

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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righteous

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Sense 1: Right, just, equitable, or in accord with truth, justice, or the will of God. Sense 2: Upright or innocent in a matter. Sense 3: Made or regarded as right. Sense 4: As a noun, persons so described.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

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yet

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1. Up to or at the present or stated time; still. 2. At some future time. 3. Nevertheless; however. 4. In addition; further.

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good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

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even

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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

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dare

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To venture, presume, or have courage or boldness to do something.

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Romans 5:8

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

commendeth

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Presents, sets forth, recommends, approves, demonstrates, or causes to be accepted or regarded favourably.

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love

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Sense 1: Affection, attachment, delight, goodwill, commitment, or devotion. Sense 2: To regard with affection or devotion. Sense 3: A beloved person.

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toward

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1. In the direction of or in relation to. 2. Approaching. 3. Inclined or ready.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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yet

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1. Up to or at the present or stated time; still. 2. At some future time. 3. Nevertheless; however. 4. In addition; further.

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Christ

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The Anointed One; the same title as Messias.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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DEFINED WORDS

Romans 5:9

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justified

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1. Declared righteous or acquitted. 2. Shown or proved to be right. 3. Comparatively shown to be more righteous.

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blood

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Sense 1: The bodily fluid associated with physical life. Sense 2: Life taken, bloodshed, or guilt and responsibility for it. Sense 3: Kindred, shared human descent, or natural human nature. Sense 4: The juice of grapes.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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saved

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of save, meaning to rescue, deliver, preserve, keep alive, heal, recover, or bring safely through.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

wrath

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Fierce anger, indignation, displeasure, rage, or the punitive judgment and destructive action that proceed from it.

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5:1THEREFORE being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

5:2By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

5:3And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;

5:4And patience, experience; and experience, hope:

5:5And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.

5:6For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.

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5:7For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.

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5:8But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

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5:9Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.

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

5:11And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.

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