罗马书 5:7

This verse prepares for the next one that contrasts with it. Paul used "righteous" here in the general sense of an upright person, not in the theological sense of a person made right with God. People appreciate a good person more than an upright person. Goodness carries the idea of one who is not only upright but loved for it because he or she reaches out to help others. [Note: J. B. Lightfoot, Notes on the Epistles of St. Paul, pp. 286-87.]