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Romans 3:8

James Moffatt - New Testament

Why should we not do evil that good may come out of it?" (which is the calumny attributed to me — the very thing some people declare I say). Such arguments are rightly condemned.

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Now what are we to infer from this? That we are to 'remain on in sin, so that there may be all the more grace'?

What follows, then? Are we 'to sin, because we live under grace, not under law'? Never!

What follows, then? That 'the Law is equivalent to sin'? Never! Why, had it not been for the Law, I would never have known what sin meant! Thus I would never have known what it is to covet, unless the Law had said, You must not covet.

Law slipped in to aggravate the trespass; sin increased, but grace surpassed it far,

for certain persons have slipped in by stealth (their doom has been predicted long ago), impious creatures who pervert the grace of our God into immorality and disown our sole liege and Lord, Jesus Christ.

Blessed are you when men denounce you and persecute you and utter all manner of evil against you for my sake;

amid honour and dishonour, amid evil report and good report, an 'impostor' but honest,

So it is no surprise if his ministers also masquerade as ministers of righteousness. Their doom will answer to their deeds.




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