Romans 3:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

You might as well say, “Let's do something evil, so that something good will come of it!” Some people even claim that we are saying this. But God is fair and will judge them as well.

Cross References

Jeremiah 40:16

Gedaliah answered, “Don't kill Ishmael! What you've said about him can't be true.”

Matthew 5:11

God will bless you when people insult you, ill-treat you, and tell all kinds of evil lies about you because of me.

Romans 5:20

The Law came, so that the full power of sin could be seen. Yet where sin was powerful, God's kindness was even more powerful.

Romans 6:1

What should we say? Should we keep on sinning, so that God's wonderful kindness will show up even better?

Romans 6:15

What does all this mean? Does it mean we are free to sin, because we are ruled by God's wonderful kindness and not by the Law? Certainly not!

Romans 7:7

Does this mean that the Law is sinful? Certainly not! But if it had not been for the Law, I would not have known what sin is really like. For example, I would not have known what it means to want something that belongs to someone else, unless the Law had told me not to do that.

2 Corinthians 11:15

So why does it seem strange for Satan's servants to pretend to do what is right? Some day they will get exactly what they deserve.

2 Corinthians 6:8

Whether we were honoured or dishonoured or praised or cursed, we always told the truth about ourselves. But some people said we did not.

Jude 1:4

Some godless people have sneaked in among us and are saying, “God treats us much better than we deserve, and so it is all right to be immoral.” They even deny that we must obey Jesus Christ as our only Master and Lord. But long ago the Scriptures warned that these godless people were doomed.