Scarcely (μολις). Common adverb from μολος, toil. See on Ac 14:18. As between δικαιος, righteous, and αγαθος, good, Lightfoot note…

For scarcely, etc. The purpose of this verse and the following is to illustrate the great love of God by comparing it with what humans are…

Yet perhaps.—The true reading is, undoubtedly, for perhaps.

For a good man.—Literally, for th…

For scarcely for a righteous man will one die:

However upright and just a man may be, nobody thinks of dying for him.

Yet …

Having dwelt on the powerful influence of the divine love ministered to the hearts of believers by the Spirit, Paul goes on to explore the depths o…

For a just man, etc. The meaning of the passage has constrained me to render the particle γὰρ as an affirmative or declarative ra…

For scarcely for a righteous man will one die
The design of this, and the following verse, is to show that Christ's …

Christ died for sinners—not only for those who were usele , but for those who were guilty and hateful, such that their everlasting destruction woul…

1. After disclosing that our hope is firm because it is a gift of the Holy Spirit, the Apostle now traces its firmne to the death of Christ.…