6Far be the thought: since how shall God judge the world?


In Context

3 For what? if some have not believed, shall their unbelief make the faith of God of none effect?

4 Far be the thought: but let God be true, and every man false; according as it is written, So that thou shouldest be justified in thy words, and shouldest overcome when thou art in judgment.

5 But if our unrighteousness commend God's righteousness, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who inflicts wrath? I speak according to man.

6 Far be the thought: since how shall God judge the world?

7 For if the truth of God, in my lie, has more abounded to his glory, why yet am I also judged as a sinner?

8 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.

Romans 3:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:6God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:6Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:6(I speak according to man.) God forbid: otherwise how shall God judge this world?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:6God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:6God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:6By no means: for then how shall God judge the world?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:6May it never be! For then how will God judge the world?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:6let it not be! since how shall God judge the world?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:6God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?