Romans 3:8

6 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?

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.

9 What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;

10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

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

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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 shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?

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  • Romans 6:15

    What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.

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  • Romans 5:20

    Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:

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  • Romans 7:7

    What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.

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  • 1 Peter 3:16–17

    Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.

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  • Jude 1:4

    For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

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  • Matthew 5:11

    Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

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