Romans 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
English “commendeth” in Romans 5:8 was translated from Greek verb 4921 sunistemi from a compound of Greek preposition 4862 sun denoting union and Greek verb 2476 histemi appearing in 158 verses generically meaning to stay where placed. When God performs the action of Greek verb 2476 histemi it subjectively means to cause to stand immovable in the place, time and objective appointed and objectively means to be caused to stand immovable in the place, time and objective appointed even as foundation stones in the kingdom of. heaven.
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