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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Romans 5 The Apostle having clearly stated, and fully proved the doctrine of justification by the righteousness of faith, proceeds to observe the comfortable fruits and effects of this great blessing, known and enjoyed by the believer; as also the source and spring of it, the love of God, which appears in the death of Christ, in the room and stead of his people, which is the...
John Gill
But God commendeth his love towards us,.... That is, he hath manifested it, which was before hid in his heart; he has given clear evidence of it, a full proof and demonstration of it; he has so confirmed it by this instance, that there is no room nor reason to doubt of it; he has illustrated and set it off with the greater lustre by this circumstance of it, in that while we were yet sinners...
Matthew Henry
The apostle, having made good his point, and fully proved justification by faith, in this chapter proceeds in the explication, illustration, and application of that truth. I. He shows the fruits of justification, ver. 1-5. II. He shows the fountain and foundation of justification in the death of Jesus Christ, which he discourses of at large in the rest of the chapter. Justification and Its...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. And that is the glory of his love. While we were rebels against his government, he redeemed us. While we were far off from him by wicked works he sent his Son to die and bring us near. Free grace, indeed, was this — not caused by anything in us, but springing freely from the...
Charles H. Spurgeon
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Certainly we were not “good” men, we were not even “just” men, but we are included in this black description “sinners”; and “while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” He died for us as sinners, he did not come to save saints, but to save sinners; and it was for sinners that he died.
Charles H. Spurgeon
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. He did the utmost for us when we were the least deserving of it. Oh, what a love is this. Let it be shed abroad in our poor stony hearts, and commended by us to others.
Charles H. Spurgeon
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. We were neither righteous nor yet good, yet Christ died for us. “Oh!” said a little boy once to his mother, “I do not think so much of Christ dying for men, I think I would be willing to die if I could save a hundred men by dying.” But his mother said,” Suppose it was a hundred mosquitoes, — would you...
Charles H. Spurgeon
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. We were without any attraction, without any righteousness, without any goodness, yet Christ loved us. Out of the graciousness of his own heart he loved us, according to that text, “I will love them freely.”
Charles H. Spurgeon
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. When we were not righteous, when we certainly were not good, when the whole description of our character could be summed up in that one word “sinners” — rebels offending against God: “while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”
Charles H. Spurgeon
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. When we were not even just, much less good, “Christ died for us.”
Charles H. Spurgeon
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. While we were neither righteous nor good, “while we were yet sinners, Christ” did the most he ever could, or ever can do for us, he “died for us.” this is the best gift for the worst of men, and that best gift given to them when they are at their worst state: “While we were yet sinners, Christ died for...
Charles H. Spurgeon
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. What an argument this is for the final safety of believers! If Christ died for us when we were enemies,...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us, It is under that aspect that Christ is to be regarded as dying for the ungodly, dying for sinners. Ungodly man, guilty sinner, is there not hope for you in this blessed truth? Does anyone say, “I shall be lost, for I am ungodly; I must necessarily perish, for I am a sinner”?...