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 3:5-8
Common English Bible
5 But if our lack of righteousness confirms God’s justice, what will we say? That God, who brings wrath upon us, isn’t just (I’m speaking rhetorically)? 6 Absolutely not! If God weren’t just, how could he judge the world? 7 But if God’s truth is demonstrated by my lie and it increases his glory, why am I still judged as a sinner? 8 Why not say, “Let’s do evil things so that good things will come out of it”? (Some people who slander us accuse us of saying that, but these people deserve criticism.)
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