Romans 3:6

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Romans 3:6

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Certainly not! In that case, how could God judge the world?

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

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

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

Never may it be! Otherwise, how will God judge the world?

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Romans 3

⁴ Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.”

⁵ But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict His wrath on us? I am speaking in human terms.

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?

⁸ Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!

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