We can understand someone dying for a person worth dying for, and we can understand how someone good and noble could inspire us to selfless sacrifice.

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Romans 5:7–8: For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die—but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die—

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For rarely will someone die for a just person—though for a good person perhaps someone might even dare to die.

NLTNew Living Translation

Now, most people would not be willing to die for an upright person, though someone might perhaps be willing to die for a person who is especially good.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For only rarely will someone die on behalf of a righteous person (for on behalf of a good person possibly someone might even dare to die),

KJV 1900King James Version

For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.

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