Romans 3:5-8
New American Standard Bible
5 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.) 6 (D)Far from it! 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 (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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- Romans 3:5 I.e., by requiring His judgment
- Romans 3:8 Lit Whose
Romans 3:5-8
Revised Standard Version
5 But if our wickedness serves to show the justice of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict wrath on us? (I speak in a human way.) 6 By no means! For then how could God judge the world? 7 But if through my falsehood God’s truthfulness abounds to his glory, why am I still being condemned as a sinner? 8 And why not do evil that good may come?—as some people slanderously charge us with saying. Their condemnation is just.
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