But Gedaliah son of Ahikam said to Johanan son of Kareah, “Don’t do this thing! For what you are saying about Ishmael is a lie.”
Romans 3:8 - Tree of Life Version And why not say, “Let us do evil, so that good may come” — just as we are being slandered and as some claim that we say. Their condemnation is deserved! 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 son of Ahikam said to Johanan son of Kareah, “Don’t do this thing! For what you are saying about Ishmael is a lie.”
“Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, on account of Me.
Now the Torah came in so that transgression might increase. But where sin increased, grace overflowed even more—
What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may abound?
What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? May it never be!
What shall we say then? Is the Torah sin? May it never be! On the contrary, I would not have known sin except through the Torah. For I would not have known about coveting if the Torah had not said, “You shall not covet.”
It is no great thing therefore if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be according to their deeds.
through honor and dishonor, through evil report and good report. We are regarded as deceivers and yet true;
For certain people have secretly slipped in—those who from long ago have been marked out for this judgment. They are ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into indecency and deny our only Master and Lord, Yeshua the Messiah.