rwp@Romans:5:8 @{His own love} (\tn heautou agapn\). See kjv@John:3:16| as the best comment here. {While we were yet sinners} (\eti hamartln ontn\). Genitive absolute again. Not because we were Jews or Greeks, rich or poor, righteous or good, but plain sinners. Cf. kjv@Luke:18:13|, the plea of the publican, "\moi ti hamartli\."
rwp@Romans:5:9 @{Much more then} (\polli oun mallon\). Argument from the greater to the less. The great thing is the justification in Christ's blood. The final salvation (\sthsometha\, future passive indicative) is less of a mystery.