Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world?(A) Someone might argue, “If my falsehood enhances God’s truthfulness and so increases his glory,(B) why am I still condemned as a sinner?”(C) Why not say—as some slanderously claim that we say—“Let us do evil that good may result”?(D) Their condemnation is just!

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Certainly not! For then (A)how will God judge the world?

For if the truth of God has increased through my lie to His glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner? And why not say, (B)“Let us do evil that good may come”?—as we are slanderously reported and as some affirm that we say. Their [a]condemnation is just.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 3:8 Lit. judgment

(A)Far from it! For otherwise, how will (B)God judge the world? But if through my lie (C)the truth of God abounded to His glory, (D)why am I also still being judged as a sinner? And why not say (just as we are slanderously reported and as some claim that we say), “(E)Let’s do evil that good may come of it”? [a]Their condemnation is deserved.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 3:8 Lit Whose