Romans 3:6

Romans 3:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?
• New International Version (NIV)Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world?
• English Standard Version (ESV)By no means! For then how could God judge the world?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Certainly not! For then how will God judge the world?

Context of Romans 3:6

4Certainly not! Let God be found true [as He will be], though every person be found a liar, just as it is written [in Scripture], “That You may be justified in Your words, And prevail when You are judged [by sinful men].” 5But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? God is not wrong to inflict His wrath [on us], is He? (I am speaking in purely human terms.) Certainly not! For otherwise, how will God judge the world? 7But [as you might say] if through my lie God’s truth was magnified and abounded to His glory, why am I still being judged as a sinner? 8And why not say, (as some slanderously report and claim that we teach) “Let us do evil so that good may come of it”? Their condemnation [by God] is just.

Romans 3:6 word by word

μὴ γένοιτο· ἐπεὶ πῶς κρινεῖ ὁ θεὸς τὸν κόσμον;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• God forbidμήmē · notG3361
• God forbidγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• for thenἐπείepei · sinceG1893
• howπῶςpōs · how?!G4459
• shallκρίνωkrinō · to judgeG2919
• Godὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• the worldκόσμοςkosmos · worldG2889

Cross-references for Romans 3:6

• Romans 3:4Certainly not! Let God be found true [as He will be], though every person be found a liar, just as it is written [in Scripture], “That You may be justified in Your words, And prevail when You are judged [by sinful men].”
• Genesis 18:25Far be it from You to do such a thing—to strike the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right [by executing just and righteous judgment]?”
• Job 8:3Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness?
• Job 34:17Shall one who hates justice [and is an enemy of right] govern? And will you condemn Him who is just and mighty?
• Psalms 9:8And He will judge the world in righteousness; He will execute judgment for the nations with fairness (equity).
• Psalms 11:5The Lord tests the righteous and the wicked, And His soul hates the [malevolent] one who loves violence.
• Psalms 50:6And the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself is judge. Selah.
• Psalms 96:13Before the Lord, for He is coming, For He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness And the peoples in His faithfulness.
• Psalms 98:9Before the Lord, for He is coming to judge the earth; He will judge the world with righteousness And the peoples with fairness.
• Acts 17:31because He has set a day when He will judge the inhabited world in righteousness by a Man whom He has appointed and destined for that task, and He has provided credible proof to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”

Commentaries on Romans 3:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Apostle. God forbid - , by no means. God cannot be unjust; were he unjust, he could not be qualified to judge the world, nor inflict that punishment on the unfaithful Jews, to which I refer.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6God forbid - Note, Romans 3:4. For then - If it be admitted that it would be unjust for God to inflict punishment. How shall God … - How will it be right or consistent for him to judge the world. Judge - To “judge” implies the possibility and the correctness of “condemning” the guilty; for if it were not right to condemn them, judgment would be a farce. This does not mean that God would condemn all the world; but that the fact of judging people implied…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-7how could God judge the world?: Abraham asked a similar question: “Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?” (Genesis 18:25). God punishes all sin and maintains absolute righteousness while doing so. Even when God makes use of human sin for his own ends, that sin still deserves to be, and will be, punished (see Romans 9:10–24).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-65-6. But if, &c.--Another objection: "It would appear, then, that the more faithless we are, so much the more illustrious will the fidelity of God appear; and in that case, for Him to take vengeance on us for our unfaithfulness would be (to speak as men profanely do) unrighteousness in God." Answer:Read the comment

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Commentaries on Romans 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings