Romans 3:6-8

King James Version

⁶God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?

⁷For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?

⁸And 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.

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Romans 3:6-8

New International Version

⁶Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world?^(A) ⁷Someone might argue, “If my falsehood enhances God’s truthfulness and so increases his glory,^(B) why am I still condemned as a sinner?”^(C) ⁸Why 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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Romans 3:6-8

New King James Version

⁶Certainly not! For then ^(A)how will God judge the world?

⁷For if the truth of God has increased through my lie to His glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner? ⁸And 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

Romans 3:8 Lit. judgment

Romans 3:6-8

New American Standard Bible

⁶^(A)Far from it! For otherwise, how will ^(B)God judge the world? ⁷But if through my lie ^(C)the truth of God abounded to His glory, ^(D)why am I also still being judged as a sinner? ⁸And 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.