8 But God has made clear his love to us, in that, when we were still sinners, Christ gave his life for us.
Greater love has no man than this, that a man gives up his life for his friends.
For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life.
Because Christ once went through pain for sins, the upright one taking the place of sinners, so that through him we might come back to God; being put to death in the flesh, but given life in the Spirit;
In this we see what love is, because he gave his life for us; and it is right for us to give our lives for the brothers.
We all went wandering like sheep; going every one of us after his desire; and the Lord put on him the punishment of us all.
And the law came in addition, to make wrongdoing worse; but where there was much sin, there was much more grace:
That in the time to come he might make clear the full wealth of his grace in his mercy to us in Christ Jesus:
To the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely gave to us in the Loved One: In whom we have salvation through his blood, the forgiveness of our sins, through the wealth of his grace, Which he gave us in full measure in all wisdom and care;
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Commentary on Romans 5 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 5
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.
Rom 5:1-5
The precious benefits and privileges which flow from justification are such as should quicken us all to give diligence to make it sure to ourselves that we are justified, and then to take the comfort it renders to us, and to do the duty it calls for from us. The fruits of this tree of life are exceedingly precious.
Rom 5:6-21
The apostle here describes the fountain and foundation of justification, laid in the death of the Lord Jesus. The streams are very sweet, but, if you run them up to the spring-head, you will find it to be Christ's dying for us; it is in the precious stream of Christ's blood that all these privileges come flowing to us: and therefore he enlarges upon this instance of the love of God which is shed abroad. Three things he takes notice of for the explication and illustration of this doctrine:-