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Romans 3:7-8 KJV
Romans · chapter 3 · verses 7–8
7For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner? 8And 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.Romans 3:7-8 · King James Version
Romans 3:7-8 in context
5But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)
6God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?
7For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?
8And 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.
9What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;
10As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
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Key words (Strong's)
- damnationkrimaa decree, judgments, judgment, condemnation of wrong, the decision which one passes on…G2917 →
- aboundedperisseuōto exceed a fixed number of measure, to be left over and above a certain number or…G4052 →
- reportedblasphēmeōto speak reproachfully, rail at, revile, calumniate, blaspheme, to be evil spoken of…G987 →
- throughenin, by, with etcG1722 →
- judgedkrinōto separate, put asunder, to pick out, select, choose, to approve, esteem, to prefer, to…G2919 →
- affirmphēmito make known one's thoughts, to declare, to sayG5346 →
- truthalētheiaobjectively, what is true in any matter under consideration, truly, in truth, according…G225 →
- glorydoxaopinion, judgment, view, opinion, estimate, whether good or bad concerning someone, in…G1391 →
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I. Here the apostle answers several objections, which might be made, to clear his way. No truth so plain and evident but wicked wits and corrupt carnal hearts will have something to say against it; but divine truths must be cleared from cavil. Object. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-18