Romans 3:1-8

1Is there any advantage, then, in being a Jew? Or is there any value in being circumcised?

2There are all kinds of advantages. First of all, God entrusted them with his word.

3What if some of them were unfaithful? Can their unfaithfulness cancel God’s faithfulness?

4That would be unthinkable! God is honest, and everyone else is a liar, as Scripture says, “So you hand down justice when you speak, and you win your case in court.”

5But if what we do wrong shows that God is fair, what should we say? Is God unfair when he vents his anger on us? (I’m arguing the way humans would.)

6That’s unthinkable! Otherwise, how would God be able to judge the world?

7If my lie increases the glory that God receives by showing that God is truthful, why am I still judged as a sinner?

8Or can we say, “Let’s do evil so that good will come from it”? Some slander us and claim that this is what we say. They are condemned, and that’s what they deserve.