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The Book of Romans, Chapter 5, Verse 8

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For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.
King James Version
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
American Standard Version
But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
New English Translation
Absolutely not! How can we who died to sin still live in it?
World English Bible
But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
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Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
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For 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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And 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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Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
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(For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
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Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.
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But not as the offence, so also [is] the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, [which is] by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
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And not as [it was] by one that sinned, [so is] the gift: for the judgment [was] by one to condemnation, but the free gift [is] of many offences unto justification.
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For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)
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Therefore as by the offence of one [judgment came] upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one [the free gift came] upon all men unto justification of life.