But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said to Johanan the son of Kareah, “You shall not do this thing, for you are speaking falsely of Ishmael.”
Romans 3:8 - Revised Standard Version And why not do evil that good may come?—as some people slanderously charge us with saying. Their condemnation is just. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And not rather (as we are slandered, and as some affirm that we say) let us do evil, that there may come good? whose damnation is just. |
But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said to Johanan the son of Kareah, “You shall not do this thing, for you are speaking falsely of Ishmael.”
“Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.
Law came in, to increase the trespass; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,
What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound?
What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means!
What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet, if it had not been for the law, I should not have known sin. I should not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.”
So it is not strange if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds.
in honor and dishonor, in ill repute and good repute. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true;
For admission has been secretly gained by some who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly persons who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.