Note 13 at Rom. 5:6: Notice the terms that Paul uses to describe us before the transformation of the new birth. We were weak (this verse), ungodly (this verse), sinners (v. 8), and enemies (v. 10). The Lord didn't save us because we deserved it. It was an act of grace.

As great as this truth is, Paul doesn't stop here. He continues on to make a comparison that if God loved us enough to die for us when we were weak, ungodly, sinners, and enemies, then much more now that we are justified (v. 9) and reconciled (v. 10), He is willing to save us in spite of our actions.