6May it never be! For then how will God judge the world?
6May it never be! For then how will God judge the world?
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.
3:6God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?
3:6Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world?
3:6(I speak according to man.) God forbid: otherwise how shall God judge this world?
3:6God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?
3:6Far be the thought: since how shall God judge the world?
3:6God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?
3:6By no means: for then how shall God judge the world?
3:6let it not be! since how shall God judge the world?
3:6God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?