Romans 3:8

6 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?

Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!

9 What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already made the charge that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin.

10 As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!
KJV
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.
WEB
Why not (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), “Let’s do evil, that good may come?” Those who say so are justly condemned.
ASV
and why not (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), Let us do evil, that good may come? whose condemnation is just.
DARBY
and not, according as we are injuriously charged, and according as some affirm that we say, Let us practise evil things, that good ones may come? whose judgment is just.
BLB
And [is it] not, as we are slandered and as some affirm us to say, “Let us do evil so that the good may come”? Their judgment is just.
ÅB
Og skal vi da ikke – som vi spottes for, og som noen sier at vi lærer – gjøre det onde for at det gode kan komme av det? Rettferdig er dommen over slike.
OTB
Og hvorfor ikke si—som vi blir baktalt for å si—"La oss gjøre ondt for at godt kan komme"? Deres fordømmelse er rettferdig.
B1930
Og skal vi da ikke - som vi spottes for, og som nogen sier at vi lærer - gjøre det onde forat det gode kan komme derav? Rettferdig er den dom som treffer slike.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Romans 6:1

    What then shall we say? Shall we continue in sin so that grace may increase?

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  • Romans 6:15

    What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law, but under grace? Certainly not!

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  • Romans 5:20

    The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,

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  • Romans 7:7

    What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law. For I would not have been aware of coveting if the law had not said, “Do not covet.”

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  • 1 Peter 3:16–17

    keeping a clear conscience, so that those who slander you may be put to shame by your good behavior in Christ.

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  • Jude 1:4

    For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed—ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

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  • Matthew 5:11

    Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.

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