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


In Context

3 For what if some were without faith? Will their lack of faith nullify the faithfulness of God?

4 May it never be! Yes, let God be found true, but every man a liar. As it is written, |That you might be justified in your words, and might prevail when you come into judgment.|

5 But if our unrighteousness commends the righteousness of God, what will we say? Is God unrighteous who inflicts wrath? I speak like men do.

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

7 For if the truth of God through my lie abounded to his glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner?

8 Why not (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), |Let us do evil, that good may come?| Those who say so are justly condemned.

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:6Far be the thought: since 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 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?