Romans 3:7

Romans 3:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?
• New International Version (NIV)Someone might argue, “If my falsehood enhances God’s truthfulness and so increases his glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)But if through my lie God's truth abounds to his glory, why am I still being condemned as a sinner?
• New King James Version (NKJV)For if the truth of God has increased through my lie to His glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner?

Context of Romans 3:7

5But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? The God who inflicts wrath is not unrighteous, is he? (I am speaking in human terms.) 6Absolutely not! For otherwise how could God judge the world? For if by my lie the truth of God enhances his glory, why am I still actually being judged as a sinner? 8And why not say, “Let us do evil so that good may come of it”? – as some who slander us allege that we say. (Their condemnation is deserved!) 9What then? Are we better off? Certainly not, for we have already charged that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin,

Romans 3:7 word by word

εἰ δὲ ἡ ἀλήθεια τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν τῷ ἐμῷ ψεύσματι ἐπερίσσευσεν εἰς τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ, τί ἔτι κἀγὼ ὡς ἁμαρτωλὸς κρίνομαι;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• ifεἰei · ifG1487
• the truthἀλήθειαalētheia · truthG225
• of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• hath more aboundedπερισσεύωperisseuō · to exceedG4052
• throughἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• myἐμόςemos · mineG1699
• lieψεῦσμαpseusma · falsehoodG5582
• untoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• gloryδόξαdoxa · gloryG1391
• whyτίςtis · which?G5101
• yetἔτιeti · stillG2089
• am I alsoκἀγώkagō kamoi kame · and IG2504
• judgedκρίνωkrinō · to judgeG2919
• asὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• a sinnerἁμαρτωλόςhamartōlos · sinfulG268

Cross-references for Romans 3:7

• Genesis 37:8Then his brothers asked him, “Do you really think you will rule over us or have dominion over us?” They hated him even more because of his dream and because of what he said.
• Genesis 44:1He instructed the servant who was over his household, “Fill the sacks of the men with as much food as they can carry and put each man’s money in the mouth of his sack.
• Genesis 50:18Then his brothers also came and threw themselves down before him; they said, “Here we are; we are your slaves.”
• Exodus 3:19But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go, not even under force.
• Exodus 14:5When it was reported to the king of Egypt that the people had fled, the heart of Pharaoh and his servants was turned against the people, and the king and his servants said, “What in the world have we done? For we have released the people of Israel from serving us!”
• 1 Kings 13:17For the Lord gave me strict orders, ‘Do not eat or drink there; do not go back the way you came.’”
• 2 Kings 8:10Elisha said to him, “Go and tell him, ‘You will surely recover,’ but the Lord has revealed to me that he will surely die.”
• Matthew 26:34Jesus said to him, “I tell you the truth, on this night, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.”
• Romans 9:19You will say to me then, “Why does he still find fault? For who has ever resisted his will?”
• Isaiah 10:6I sent him against a godless nation, I ordered him to attack the people with whom I was angry, to take plunder and to carry away loot, to trample them down like dirt in the streets.
• Acts 2:23this man, who was handed over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you executed by nailing him to a cross at the hands of Gentiles.
• Acts 13:27For the people who live in Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize him, and they fulfilled the sayings of the prophets that are read every Sabbath by condemning him.

Commentaries on Romans 3:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Jew. For if the truth of God, etc. - But to resume my reasoning ( Romans 3:5;): If the faithfulness of God in keeping his promise made to our fathers is, through our unfaithfulness, made far more glorious than it otherwise would have been, why should we then be blamed for that which must redound so much to the honor of God?Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7For if … - This is an objection similar to the former. It is indeed but another form of the same. The truth of God - His truth or faithfulness in adhering to his threatenings. God threatened to punish the guilty. By their guilt he will take occasion to show his own truth; or their crime will furnish occasion for such an exhibition. Hath more abounded - Has been more striking, or more manifest. His “truth” will be shown by the fulfillment of all his…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. 7-87-8. For if the truth of God, &c.--A further illustration of the same sentiment: that is, "Such reasoning amounts to this--which indeed we who preach salvation by free grace are slanderously accused of teaching--that the more evil we do, the more glory will redound to God; a damnable principle." (Thus the apostle, instead of refuting this principle, thinks it enough to hold it up to execration, as one that shocks the moral sense). On this brief section…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