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Romans 3:6
6May it never be! For otherwise, how will God judge the world?
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
4May it never be! Let God be true even if every man is a liar, as it is written, “that You may be righteous in Your words and prevail when You are judged.” 5But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? God is not unrighteous to inflict wrath, is He? (I am speaking in human terms.) May it never be! For otherwise, how will God judge the world? 7But if by my lie the truth of God abounds to His glory, why am I still judged as a sinner? 8And why not say, “Let us do evil, so that good may come” — just as we are being slandered and as some claim that we say. Their condemnation is deserved!
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Cross-references for Romans 3:6
- Romans 3:4May it never be! Let God be true even if every man is a liar, as it is written, “that You may be righteous in Your words and prevail when You are judged.”
- Genesis 18:25Far be it from You to do such a thing—to cause the righteous to die with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked share the same fate! Far be it from You! Shall the Judge of the whole world not exercise justice?”
- Job 8:3Does God pervert justice? Does Shaddai pervert justice?
- Job 34:17Can someone who hates justice govern? Will you condemn the mighty, righteous One?
- Psalms 9:8But Adonai reigns forever. He established His throne for judgment.
- Psalms 11:5Adonai examines the righteous. But the wicked and one loving violence His soul hates.
- Psalms 50:6The heavens declare His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah
- Psalms 96:13before Adonai, 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 Adonai, for He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with fairness.
- Acts 17:31For He has set a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness, through a Man whom He has appointed. He has brought forth evidence of this to all men, 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
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