But if our unrighteousness highlights[a] God’s righteousness,(A) what are we to say?(B) I am using a human argument:[b](C) Is God unrighteous to inflict wrath? Absolutely not! Otherwise, how will God judge the world?(D) But if by my lie God’s truth abounds to his glory, why am I also still being judged as a sinner?(E) And why not say, just as some people slanderously claim we say, “Let us do what is evil so that good may come”?(F) Their condemnation is deserved!

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  1. 3:5 Or shows, or demonstrates
  2. 3:5 Lit I speak as a man

But if our unrighteousness [a](A)demonstrates the righteousness of God, (B)what shall we say? The God who inflicts wrath is not unrighteous, is He? ((C)I am speaking from a human viewpoint.) (D)Far from it! For otherwise, how will (E)God judge the world? 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? And why not say (just as we are slanderously reported and as some claim that we say), “(H)Let’s do evil that good may come of it”? [b]Their condemnation is deserved.

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  1. Romans 3:5 I.e., by requiring His judgment
  2. Romans 3:8 Lit Whose