Romans 3:6
4 Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.”
5 But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict His wrath on us? I am speaking in human terms.
Certainly not! In that case, how could God judge the world?
7 However, if my falsehood accentuates God’s truthfulness, to the increase of His glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner?
8 Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Certainly not! In that case, how could God judge the world?
- KJV
- God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?
- WEB
- May it never be! For then how will God judge the world?
- ASV
- God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?
- DARBY
- Far be the thought: since how shall God judge the world?
- BLB
- Never may it be! Otherwise, how will God judge the world?
- ÅB
- Langt ifra! Hvordan kunne Gud da dømme verden?
- OTB
- Slett ikke! For hvis det var tilfelle, hvordan kunne Gud dømme verden?
- B1930
- Langt derifra! hvorledes kunde Gud da dømme verden?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 18:25
Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”
Read in contextActs 17:31
For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”
Read in contextJob 8:3
Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
Read in contextPsalms 98:9
before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.
Read in contextPsalms 50:6
And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah
Read in contextPsalms 9:8
He judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity.
Read in contextJob 34:17–19
Could one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn the just and mighty One,
Read in contextPsalms 96:13
before the LORD, for He is coming— He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in His faithfulness.
Read in context