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
Lexham English Bible
5 But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? God, who inflicts wrath, is not unjust, is he? (I am speaking according to a human perspective.) 6 May it never be! For otherwise, how will God judge the world? 7 But if by my lying, the truth of God abounded to his glory, why am I also still condemned as a sinner? 8 And why not (as we are slandered, and as some affirm that we say), “Let us do evil, in order that good may come of it? Their[a] condemnation is just!
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- Romans 3:8 Literally “whose”
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