Romans 3:6

(I am speaking in human terms.) Let it not be so! Otherwise, how would God judge this world?

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In The King James Version

God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?

In Context

5But if even our injustice points to the justice of God, what shall we say? Could God be unfair for inflicting wrath?

7For if the truth of God has abounded, through my falseness, unto his glory, why should I still be judged as such a sinner?

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Cross References

Job 8:3Does God supplant judgment, or does the Almighty subvert that which is just?

Psalms 9:8But the Lord remains in eternity. He has prepared his throne in judgment.

Psalms 50:6Against you only have I sinned, and I have done evil before your eyes. And so, you are justified in your words, and you will prevail when you give judgment.

Psalms 98:9Exalt the Lord our God, and adore on his holy mountain. For the Lord our God is holy.

Romans 2:16unto the day when God shall judge the hidden things of men, through Jesus Christ, according to my Gospel.

Matthew Henry on Romans 3:2-19

The Advantages of the Jews; Objections Answered; The Depravity of Jews and Gentiles. ( a. d. 58.) 1 What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? 2 Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God. 3 For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? 4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art… Read the whole commentary →

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