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Romans 3:7-9
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Romans 3:7-9
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7 Someone might argue, “If my falsehood enhances God’s truthfulness and so increases his glory,(A) why am I still condemned as a sinner?”(B) 8 Why not say—as some slanderously claim that we say—“Let us do evil that good may result”?(C) Their condemnation is just!
No One Is Righteous
9 What shall we conclude then? Do we have any advantage?(D) Not at all! For we have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin.(E)
Romans 3:7-9
King James Version
Romans 3:7-9
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7 For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?
8 And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.
9 What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;
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Romans 3:7-9
New King James Version
Romans 3:7-9
New King James Version
7 For if the truth of God has increased through my lie to His glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner? 8 And why not say, (A)“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.
All Have Sinned(B)
9 What then? Are we better than they? Not at all. For we have previously charged both Jews and Greeks that (C)they are all under sin.
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- Romans 3:8 Lit. judgment
Romans 3:7-9
English Standard Version
Romans 3:7-9
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7 But if through my lie God's truth abounds to his glory, (A)why am I still being condemned as a sinner? 8 And why not (B)do evil that good may come?—as some people slanderously charge us with saying. Their condemnation is just.
No One Is Righteous
9 What then? Are we Jews[a] any better off?[b] No, not at all. For we have already charged that all, both (C)Jews and (D)Greeks, are (E)under sin,
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- Romans 3:9 Greek Are we
- Romans 3:9 Or at any disadvantage?
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