Romans

Romans 5:8

⁸But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
But	δὲ	de	Conjunction	G1161 but, on the other hand, and
God	Θεὸς	Theos	Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G2316 God, a god
proves	συνίστησιν	synistēsin	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G4921 I commend, prove, am composed of, cohere
His	ἑαυτοῦ	heautou	Reflexive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular	G1438 himself, herself, itself
love	ἀγάπην	agapēn	Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular	G26 love
for	εἰς	eis	Preposition	G1519 into, in, among, till, for
us	ἡμᾶς	hēmas	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Plural	G1473 I
in this	ὅτι	hoti	Conjunction	G3754 that, since, because
While we	ἡμῶν	hēmōn	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural	G1473 I
were	ὄντων	ontōn	Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Plural	G1510 I am, exist
still	ἔτι	eti	Adverb	G2089 still, yet, even now
sinners	ἁμαρτωλῶν	hamartōlōn	Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural	G268 sinning, sinful, a sinner
Christ	Χριστὸς	Christos	Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G5547 anointed, the Messiah, the Christ
died	ἀπέθανεν	apethanen	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G599 I am dying, am about to die
for	ὑπὲρ	hyper	Preposition	G5228 in behalf of, above
us	ἡμῶν	hēmōn	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural	G1473 I

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