OET interlinear ROM 5:8

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rpronouns

ἑαυτοῦ

˱of˲_himself

Paul uses the word his own to emphasize how much God loves his people. Use a way that is natural in your language to indicate this emphasis. Alternate translation: “his very own” or “his personal”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ἀγάπην εἰς ἡμᾶς

the ˱of˲_himself love to us

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of love, you could express the same idea with a verbal form. Alternate translation: “how much God loves us”

Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-time-simultaneous

ἔτι ἁμαρτωλῶν ὄντων ἡμῶν

still sinners being ˱of˲_us

In this clause Paul is describing something that was true during the time period he is describing in the rest of the verse. You can make this clear in your translation with an appropriate connecting word or phrase. Alternate translation: “during the time we were still being sinners”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

ἔτι ἁμαρτωλῶν ὄντων ἡμῶν, Χριστὸς ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ἀπέθανεν

still sinners being ˱of˲_us Christ for us died_off

If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these phrases. Alternate translation (omitting the preceding comma): “Christ died for us while we were still being sinners”