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

English Standard Version

⁶By no means! For then how could ^(A)God judge the world? ⁷But if through my lie God's truth abounds to his glory, ^(B)why am I still being condemned as a sinner? ⁸And why not ^(C)do evil that good may come?—as some people slanderously charge us with saying. Their condemnation is just.

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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.