You could not possibly do such a thing: to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. You could not possibly do that! Won’t the Judge of the whole earth do what is just? ’
Romans 3:5 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised But if our unrighteousness highlights God’s righteousness, what are we to say? I am using a human argument: , Is God unrighteous to inflict wrath? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man) Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But if our unrighteousness thus establishes and exhibits the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust and wrong to inflict His wrath upon us [Jews]? I speak in a [purely] human way. American Standard Version (1901) But if our unrighteousness commendeth the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who visiteth with wrath? (I speak after the manner of men.) Common English Bible But if our lack of righteousness confirms God’s justice, what will we say? That God, who brings wrath upon us, isn’t just (I’m speaking rhetorically)? Catholic Public Domain Version But if even our injustice points to the justice of God, what shall we say? Could God be unfair for inflicting wrath? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But if our injustice commend the justice of God, what shall we say? Is God unjust, who executeth wrath? |
You could not possibly do such a thing: to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. You could not possibly do that! Won’t the Judge of the whole earth do what is just? ’
The Lord is a jealous and avenging God; the Lord takes vengeance and is fierce in wrath. The Lord takes vengeance against his foes; he is furious with his enemies.
Friends, do not avenge yourselves; instead, leave room for God’s wrath, because it is written, Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, , says the Lord.
Because of your hardened and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgement is revealed.
Now we know that whatever the law says, it speaks to those who are subject to the law, , so that every mouth may be shut and the whole world may become subject to God’s judgement. ,
But if by my lie God’s truth abounds to his glory, why am I also still being judged as a sinner?
What then will we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, has found?
But God proves his own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
What should we say then? Should we continue in sin so that grace may multiply?
I am using a human analogy because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you offered the parts of yourselves as slaves to impurity, and to greater and greater lawlessness, so now offer them as slaves to righteousness, which results in sanctification.
What should we say then? Is the law sin? Absolutely not! But I would not have known sin if it were not for the law. For example, I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, Do not covet. ,
What, then, are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us?
What should we say then? Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained righteousness #– #namely the righteousness that comes from faith.
If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus as a mere man, what good did that do me? If the dead are not raised, Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die. ,
Am I saying this from a human perspective? Doesn’t the law also say the same thing?
Instead, as God’s ministers, we commend ourselves in everything: by great endurance, by afflictions, by hardships, by difficulties,
For consider how much diligence this very thing #– #this grieving as God wills #– #has produced in you: what a desire to clear yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what deep longing, what zeal, what justice! In every way you showed yourselves to be pure in this matter.
If I rebuild those things that I tore down, I show myself to be a lawbreaker.
Brothers and sisters, I’m using a human illustration. No one sets aside or makes additions to a validated human will.
They sang the song of God’s servant Moses and the song of the Lamb: Great and awe-inspiring are your works, Lord God, the Almighty; just and true are your ways, King of the nations. ,
Rejoice over her, heaven, and you saints, apostles, and prophets, because God has pronounced on her the judgement she passed on you!