⁴ Not at all! Let God be true,^(A) and every human being a liar.^(B) As it is written:

¹⁷ “But if, in seeking to be justified in Christ, we Jews find ourselves also among the sinners,^(A) doesn’t that mean that Christ promotes sin? Absolutely not!^(B)

¹⁸ God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie,^(A) we who have fled to take hold of the hope^(B) set before us may be greatly encouraged.

² in the hope of eternal life,^(A) which God, who does not lie,^(B) promised before the beginning of time,^(C)

³³ Whoever has accepted it has certified that God is truthful.