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?
Read in contextRomans 6:15
What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law, but under grace? Certainly not!
Read in contextRomans 5:20
The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,
Read in contextRomans 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.”
Read in context1 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.
Read in contextJude 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.
Read in contextMatthew 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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