Romans 3:6 - Forerunner Commentary

Romans 3:6

4 ^aCertainly not! Indeed, let ^bGod be true but ^cevery man a liar. As it is written:
^d“That You may be justified in Your words,
And may overcome when You are judged.”

5 But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unjust who inflicts wrath? ^a(I speak as a man.)

6 Certainly not! For then ^ahow will God judge the world?

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

8 And why not say, ^a“Let us do evil that good may come”?—as we are slanderously reported and as some affirm that we say. Their¹ condemnation is just.

All Have Sinned

9 What then? Are we better than they? Not at all. For we have previously charged both Jews and Greeks that ^athey are all under sin.

10 As it is written:
^a“There is none righteous, no, not one;

Verse Comparison: Romans 3:6

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American Standard Version
God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?

Amplified® Bible
By no means! Otherwise, how could God judge the world?

Contemporary English Version
But the answer is, "No." Otherwise, how could God judge the world?

Darby English Version
Far be the thought: since how shall God judge the world?

Good News Bible
By no means! If God is not just, how can he judge the world?

International Standard Version
Of course not! Otherwise, how could God judge the world?

King James Version
God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?

New American Standard Bible
May it never be! For otherwise, how will God judge the world?

New International Version
Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world?

New King James Version
Certainly not! For then how will God judge the world?

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
May it never happen! For otherwise, how will God judge the world?

Young's Literal Translation
let it not be! since how shall God judge the world?

New English Translation
Absolutely not! For otherwise how could God judge the world?

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