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Romans 3:8
Romans 3:8 is verse 8 of Romans chapter 3, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!
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.
World English Bible
Why not (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), “Let’s do evil, that good may come?” Those who say so are justly condemned.
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Romans 3:6–10 · Berean Standard Bible
6 Certainly not! In that case, how could God judge the world?
7 However, if my falsehood accentuates God’s truthfulness, to the increase of His glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner?
8 Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!
9 What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already made the charge that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin.
10 As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Matthew 5:11Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.
1 Peter 3:16keeping a clear conscience, so that those who slander you may be put to shame by your good behavior in Christ.
1 Peter 3:17For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.
Romans 5:20The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,
Romans 6:1What then shall we say? Shall we continue in sin so that grace may increase?
Romans 6:15What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law, but under grace? Certainly not!
Romans 7:7What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law. For I would not have been aware of coveting if the law had not said, “Do not covet.”
Jude 1:4For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed—ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.