Romans Chapter 5 Vs. 6

 

Peace with God Through Faith

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

were yet without... Fourfold description of the former state:

1. Without strength—weak, dying, helpless to resist sin and do good, and powerless to deliver from misery (Rom. 5:6)

2. Ungodly—sinful, depraved, ruled by Satan and enslaved (Rom. 5:6)

3. Sinners—bent on finding happiness but always missing the mark (Rom. 5:8)

4. Enemies—haters of God and holiness and openly at war with both (Rom. 5:10)

in due time... Due time of fullness of time (Gal. 4:4). Meaning at the time that God had chosen.

for the ungodly... Instead, or in place of the ungodly.

(ungodly) Jews divided people into four classes:

1. The just who said: What is mine is mine; what is thine is thine.

2. The accommodating who said: What is mine is thine; what is thine is mine.

3. The pious who said: What is mine is thine; what is thine let it be thine.

4. The ungodly who said: What is mine is mine; what is thine shall be mine.

The mystery of it all is how He loved us enough to die for us while we were evil in every way.

Unregenerate sinners are spiritually dead and incapable of doing anything to help themselves.

Jesus died for those who deserved to go to hell, because they had sinned. “As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one” (Rom.3:10). Everyone needs a Savior. God loves a sinner and has made way for him or her: the way is Jesus Christ our Lord. He gave each of us a free will so we must be willing to be saved, then Jesus does the rest.

Having mentioned the pouring out of God’s love, Paul now described the character of God’s love, which explains why its pouring out assures believers of hope. God demonstrated His love by the death of His Son, Jesus Christ. This demonstration was first, at just the right time (cf. Gal. 4:4). Second, it was when we were still powerless (asthenōn, “without strength, feeble”; cf. John 5:5). Third, it was for (hyper) the ungodly (asebōn, “impious”; cf. Rom. 4:5). Clearly Christ’s death was a substitutionary death, a death in place of others. The Greek preposition hyper often means “on behalf of,” but occasionally it means “in place of,” its meaning here. This is clear from the statement in Rom. 5:7, which also has hyper.