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Romans 3:6

JudgmentJustice

4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

5 But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)

God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?

7 For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?

8 And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.

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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

    That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

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  • Acts 17:31

    Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.

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  • Job 8:3

    Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?

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  • Psalms 98:9

    Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.

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  • Psalms 50:6

    And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.

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  • Psalms 9:8

    And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.

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  • Job 34:17–19

    Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?

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  • Psalms 96:13

    Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.

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