While We Were Yet Sinners –

“But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” (Rom. 5:8).

While we were yet sinners, Jesus loved us. “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends” (John 15:13). “Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren” (1 John 3:16). “Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it” (Eph. 5:25).