"justbyfaith,
[A better scripture to use to proclaim the love of the Lord for sinners is:
Rom 5:8, But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
In this, it says that God loves the sinner; and therefore if there is another verse that says that He hates the sinner, I would conclude that God has a love/hate relationship with sinners.]
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.I know people like to just pick a verse and go with it JBF. Can i suggest something here. There is another way to understand this passage.
God does not love all sinners savingly. let's take a look at what is being taught here. The passage is speaking
to justified believers, not the unsaved. I will highlight in red what is spoken to
us
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Romans 5 King James Version (KJV)
5 Therefore
being justified by faith,
we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
2 By whom also
we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and
rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
3 And not only so, but
we glory in tribulations also:
knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
4 And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
5 And hope maketh not ashamed;
because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
6 For when
we were yet without strength, in due time
Christ died for the ungodly.
7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.
8 But God commendeth
his love toward us, in that, while
we were yet sinners, Christ died
for us.
9 Much more then,
being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
10 For if,
when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more,
being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
11 And not only so, but
we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom
we have now received the atonement.
These highlighted portions are not written to the unsaved.
now we can look at part two