Romans 3:5-8

New International Version

⁵But if our unrighteousness brings out God’s righteousness more clearly,^(A) what shall we say? That God is unjust in bringing his wrath on us? (I am using a human argument.)^(B) ⁶Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world?^(C) ⁷Someone might argue, “If my falsehood enhances God’s truthfulness and so increases his glory,^(D) why am I still condemned as a sinner?”^(E) ⁸Why not say—as some slanderously claim that we say—“Let us do evil that good may result”?^(F) Their condemnation is just!

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Romans 3:5-8

New American Standard Bible

⁵But 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? ⁷But if through my lie ^(F)the truth of God abounded to His glory, ^(G)why am I also still being judged as a sinner? ⁸And 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.