Romans 3:8 - The Scriptures 1998

⁸ And why not say, “Let us do evil so that the good might come”? – as we are wrongly accused and as some claim that we say. Their judgment is in the right.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ And why should we not do evil that good may come?–as some slanderously charge us with teaching. Such [false teaching] is justly condemned by them.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ and why not (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), Let us do evil, that good may come? whose condemnation is just.

Common English Bible

⁸ Why not say, “Let’s do evil things so that good things will come out of it”? (Some people who slander us accuse us of saying that, but these people deserve criticism.)

Catholic Public Domain Version

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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