“But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. The radical reversal: God's love is demonstrated toward us, the sinful and ungodly, not the righteous. Death on behalf of sinners is the demonstration of selfless, sacrificial love. This is the measure of God's character: he loves those most undeserving of love.
Church Fathers on Romans 5:8
“For while we were yet without strength, Christ in due time died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet pervadenture for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commends His love towards us.” Now what he is saying is somewhat of this kind. For if for a virtuous man, no one would hastily choose to die, consider your Master's love, when it is not for virtuous men, but for sinners and enemies that He is seen to have been crucified — which he…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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