JMNT(i)
5 Now the expectation (or: expectant hope)
does not habitually bring down shame (disgrace; dishonor; thus: disappointment),
because God’s love (the urge toward reunion and the unambiguous, uniting acceptance from God)
has been poured out in a gush and shed forth so that it now floods within our hearts, permeating the core of our being, through the Set-apart Breath-effect (or: Holy Spirit; Sacred Attitude)
being given to us (in us; for us).
6 For during our yet existing [
as]
weak folks and continuing in being without strength (or: [B reads: Since in fact] when we were infirm, and thus helpless),
Christ, still corresponding to and in accord with [
the]
appointed season (or: down from a
kairos; in the sphere of and down into the level of a fitting situation; in line with a fertile moment),
died for the sake of the ungodly and irreverent (or: died over [the situation of] and on behalf of those without awe of God).
7 Now you see, with difficult toil and pain (or: For hardly, scarcely or rarely)
for the sake of (over [the situation of]; on behalf of)
a just person (a righteous one; one in accord with the Way pointed out; someone in right relationship; a rightwised one)
will someone (anyone; a certain one)
proceed to be dying. For over (for the sake of)
the good (noble; virtuous)
person or cause, perhaps (or: possibly)
someone (or: a certain one)
may continue being brave enough (daring; courageous)
to die.
8 Yet God constantly stands together with His own love [
flowing]
into us (or: But God continuously puts the urge for accepting-reunion, from, and which is, Himself, together into the midst of us),
because during our still continuing to exist being (= while we were yet)
failures (folks deviating from the goal; ones missing the target and making mistakes; sinners; outcasts),
Christ died over our [
condition and predicament]
(or: on our behalf; for the sake of us).
9 Much more, then – being now (at the present time)
rightwised (turned in the right direction, placed in right relationships of solidarity and made fair within the Way pointed out; or: justified and made free from guilt; = placed in covenant)
within His blood (or: in union with the blood from, and which is, Him) –
through Him we will continue being rescued (saved; delivered; made healthy and whole; returned to our original state and condition; kept safe),
away from the [
conditions or situations of]
personal emotion (inherent fervor; natural mental bent or disposition; teeming passion and swelling desire; or: [our] anger and [human] wrath).
10 For you see, since (or: if)
while continuously existing being actively hostile ones (or: enemies [of people, or of God])
we were suddenly changed from enmity to friendship by God (or: conciliated to God; or: changed to be wholly other and to be in line, consistent and compatible IN God)
through His Son’s death, much more (or: all the more, then)
we will continue being kept safe and will be progressively delivered (rescued; saved; cured and restored to the health and wholeness of our original state and condition) –
being folks that were conciliated (fully changed from enmity to friendship and made totally other than we were)
within His Life (or: in union with the life which is Him).