Prior Book | Prior Chapter | Prior Verse | Next Verse | Next Chapter | Next Book | Viewing NASB and Amplified 2015 | |
NASB | Romans 5:7 For one will hardly die for a righteous man; though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 5:7 Now it is an extraordinary thing for one to willingly give his life even for an upright man, though perhaps for a good man [one who is noble and selfless and worthy] someone might even dare to die. |
Bible Question: How can we distinguish the different meanings of the word "good" as used in the Bible? The Bible speaks of the word good to mean "perfect" at times and other times it seems to mean less than perfect. Christ said only God is good, but in Mat. 22, it speaks of people both good and bad. |
Bible Answer: johnrhesa: I think we often difine words as they relate to our experience. The word "Good" as found in Strongs Concordance: Word # 18 Transliterated Greek word "Agathos" an Adjective has the following definition: 1.of good constitution or nature 2.useful, salutary good, pleasant, 3. agreeable, joyful, happy excellent, 4. distinguished upright, honourable I have noticed that you mention good as meaning perfection. However, we must remember that in the scriptures perfection has more than one meaning: First, perfect and secondly meaning a level of maturity. You will notice that the verse from Romans 5:7 their is a difference between a righteous man and a good man. I believe that when the scriptures speak of a good man, the adjective is referring to uprightness and honourable. I do not think this contradicts Romans 3 "that all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. There are people like Cornealious who before he was saved was considered an upright man who respected God and yet he needed to be saved. The very best of our works can never merit our salvation which was paid for by Christ. Others may add to this Robert |
Up | Down View Branch | ID# 65407 | ||
Questions and/or Subjects for Rom 5:7 | Author | ||
|
Makarios | ||
|
johnrhesa | ||
|
Robert Nicholson | ||
|
Hank | ||
|
LCree |