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Romans 5:7

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

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Romans 5:7. For scarcely-

Now the apostle goes away from his theme, carried away by the still greater subject of the love of God in Christ Jesus, and the way of reconciliation by Christ, he goes on to that theme: "For scarcely" -

Romans 5:7. For a righteous man will one die:-

However "just" Aristides might be, nobody would die for him. However "righteous" a man might be, he would not, by his justice or righteousness, win enough affection to induce anybody to die for him.

Romans 5:7. Yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.

There might possibly be some who would die for a John Howard, or a man of that ilk.

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