Romans 3:8

And should we not do evil, so that good may result? For so we have been slandered, and so some have claimed we said; their condemnation is just.

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In The King James Version

And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.

In Context

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

9What is next? Should we try to excel ahead of them? By no means! For we have accused all Jews and Greeks to be under sin,

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Cross References

Jeremiah 40:16And Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, said to Johanan, the son of Kareah: “Do not do this word. For what you have said about Ishmael is false.”

Romans 5:20Now the law entered in such a way that offenses would abound. But where offenses were abundant, grace was superabundant.

Romans 6:15What is next? Should we sin because we are not under the law, but under grace? Let it not be so!

1 Peter 3:16But do so with meekness and fear, having a good conscience, so that, in whatever matter they may slander you, they shall be confounded, since they falsely accuse your good behavior in Christ.

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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