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Romans 3:5-8
New English Translation
Romans 3:5-8
New English Translation
5 But if our unrighteousness demonstrates[a] the righteousness of God, what shall we say? The God who inflicts wrath is not unrighteous, is he? (I am speaking in human terms.)[b] 6 Absolutely not! For otherwise how could God judge the world? 7 For if by my lie the truth of God enhances[c] his glory, why am I still actually being judged as a sinner? 8 And why not say, “Let us do evil so that good may come of it”?—as some who slander us allege that we say.[d] (Their[e] condemnation is deserved!)
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- Romans 3:5 tn Or “shows clearly.”
- Romans 3:5 sn The same expression occurs in Gal 3:15, and similar phrases in Rom 6:19 and 1 Cor 9:8.
- Romans 3:7 tn Grk “abounded unto.”
- Romans 3:8 tn Grk “(as we are slandered and some affirm that we say…).”
- Romans 3:8 tn Grk “whose.” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, this relative clause was rendered as a new sentence in the translation.
Romans 3:5-8
Legacy Standard Bible
Romans 3:5-8
Legacy Standard Bible
5 But if our unrighteousness [a](A)demonstrates the righteousness of God, (B)what shall we say? Is the God who inflicts wrath unrighteous? ((C)I am speaking in human terms.) 6 (D)May it never be! For otherwise, how will (E)God judge the world? 7 But if through my lie (F)the truth of God abounded to His glory, (G)why am I also still being judged as a sinner? 8 And why not say (as we are slanderously reported and as some claim that we say), “(H)Let us do evil that good may come”? [b]Their condemnation is just.
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- Romans 3:5 Or commends
- Romans 3:8 Lit Whose
Romans 3:5-8
New International Version
Romans 3:5-8
New International Version
5 But if our unrighteousness brings out God’s righteousness more clearly,(A) what shall we say? That God is unjust in bringing his wrath on us? (I am using a human argument.)(B) 6 Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world?(C) 7 Someone might argue, “If my falsehood enhances God’s truthfulness and so increases his glory,(D) why am I still condemned as a sinner?”(E) 8 Why not say—as some slanderously claim that we say—“Let us do evil that good may result”?(F) Their condemnation is just!
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