What Does the Bible Say About While We Were Still Sinners?

Romans 5:8 ESV / 31 helpful votes

But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Romans 3:23 ESV / 14 helpful votes

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Romans 6:23 ESV / 11 helpful votes

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

John 3:16 ESV / 10 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Philippians 4:6 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

Romans 10:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

John 5:24 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.

2 Peter 3:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

1 John 4:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

Hebrews 10:24 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,

2 Timothy 3:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

That the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

1 Timothy 2:4 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

Romans 3:1-9:33 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision? Much in every way. To begin with, the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God. What if some were unfaithful? Does their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God? By no means! Let God be true though every one were a liar, as it is written, “That you may be justified in your words, and prevail when you are judged.” But if our unrighteousness serves to show the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unrighteous to inflict wrath on us? (I speak in a human way.) ...

John 1:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,

Matthew 25:41 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

Psalm 119:105 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

Hebrews 10:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.

Philippians 4:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 2:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,

Romans 5:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned—

Romans 5:1-21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. ...

Romans 4:18-25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.” He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was as good as dead (since he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah's womb. No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised. That is why his faith was “counted to him as righteousness.” ...

John 15:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

John 6:37 ESV / 2 helpful votes

All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.

Mark 9:43 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire.

Matthew 20:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

Matthew 4:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”

Micah 5:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days.

Ecclesiastes 7:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.

Genesis 22:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice.”

Genesis 3:1-24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’” But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” ...

34 Bible Verses about While We Were Still Sinners

Romans 5:8 ESV / 31 helpful votes

Romans 3:23 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Romans 6:23 ESV / 11 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Philippians 4:6 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Romans 10:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes

John 5:24 ESV / 6 helpful votes

2 Peter 3:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 4:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Hebrews 10:24 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Timothy 2:4 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 3:1-9:33 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 1:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 25:41 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Psalm 119:105 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Hebrews 10:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Philippians 4:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 5:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 5:1-21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 4:18-25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 15:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 6:37 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 9:43 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 20:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 4:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Micah 5:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 7:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 22:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 3:1-24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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34 Bible Verses about While We Were Still Sinners

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Romans 5:8 ESV / 31 helpful votes

Romans 3:23 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Romans 6:23 ESV / 11 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Philippians 4:6 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Romans 10:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes

John 5:24 ESV / 6 helpful votes

2 Peter 3:9 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 John 4:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Hebrews 10:24 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Timothy 2:4 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 3:1-9:33 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 1:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 25:41 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Psalm 119:105 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Hebrews 10:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Philippians 4:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 5:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 5:1-21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 4:18-25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 15:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 6:37 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 9:43 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 20:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 4:19 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Micah 5:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 7:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 22:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 3:1-24 ESV / 2 helpful votes