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Romans 3:6-8
Christian Standard Bible
Romans 3:6-8
Christian Standard Bible
6 Absolutely not! Otherwise, how will God judge the world?(A) 7 But if by my lie God’s truth abounds to his glory, why am I also still being judged as a sinner?(B) 8 And why not say, just as some people slanderously claim we say, “Let us do what is evil so that good may come”?(C) Their condemnation is deserved!
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Romans 3:6-8
New King James Version
Romans 3:6-8
New King James Version
6 Certainly not! For then (A)how will God judge the world?
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, (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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- Romans 3:8 Lit. judgment
Romans 3:6-8
New International Version
Romans 3:6-8
New International Version
6 Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world?(A) 7 Someone might argue, “If my falsehood enhances God’s truthfulness and so increases his glory,(B) why am I still condemned as a sinner?”(C) 8 Why not say—as some slanderously claim that we say—“Let us do evil that good may result”?(D) Their condemnation is just!
Romans 3:6-8
English Standard Version
Romans 3:6-8
English Standard Version
6 By no means! For then how could (A)God judge the world? 7 But if through my lie God's truth abounds to his glory, (B)why am I still being condemned as a sinner? 8 And 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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