Romans 3:5 - Easy To Read Version

⁵ When we do wrong, that shows more clearly that God is right. So can we say that God does wrong when he punishes us? (I am using an idea that some people might have.)

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ 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

⁵ 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)

⁵ 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

⁵ 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

⁵ 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

⁵ But if our injustice commend the justice of God, what shall we say? Is God unjust, who executeth wrath?

Romans 3:5 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 18:25

Surely you would not destroy the city. You would not destroy 50 good people to kill the evil people. If that happened, then good people and evil people would be the same—they would both be punished. You are the judge of all the earth. I know you will do the right thing.”

Job 8:3

God is always fair.\par God All-Powerful never changes\par the things that are right.\par

Nahum 1:2

The Lord is a jealous God.\par The Lord punishes guilty people.\par The Lord punishes guilty people,\par and the Lord is very angry!\par The Lord punishes his enemies.\par He stays angry at his enemies.\par

Romans 12:19

My friends, don’t try to punish people when they do wrong to you. Wait for God to punish them with his anger. It is written: “I am the One who punishes; I will pay people back,” {\cf2\super [132]} says the Lord.

Romans 2:5

But you people are hard and stubborn. You refuse to change. So you are making your own punishment greater and greater. You will get that punishment on the day when God will show his anger. On that day people will see God’s right judgments.

Romans 3:19

These things the law {\cf2\super [28]} says are for the people that are under the law. This stops all \{Jewish\} people from making excuses and brings the whole world (Jews and non-Jews) under God’s judgment.

Romans 3:7

A person might say, “When I lie, it really gives God glory, because my lie shows God’s truth. So why am I judged a sinner?”

Romans 4:1

So what can we say about Abraham, {\cf2\super [32]} the father of our people? What did he learn about faith?

Romans 5:8

But Christ died for us while we were still sinners. In that way God showed us that he loves us very much.

Romans 6:1

So do you think that we should continue sinning so that God will give us more and more grace (kindness)?

Romans 6:19

I explain this by using an example that people know. I explain it this way because it is hard for you to understand. In the past you offered the parts of your body to be slaves to sin and evil. You lived only for evil. In the same way now you must give yourselves to be slaves of goodness. Then you will live only for God.

Romans 7:7

You might think that I am saying that sin and the law {\cf2\super [54]} are the same thing. That is not true. But the law was the only way I could learn what sin means. I would never have known what it means to want something wrong. But the law said, “You must not want \{things that belong to other people\}.” {\cf2\super [55]}

Romans 8:31

So what should we say about this? If God is for us, then no person can stand against us. And God is with us.

Romans 9:30

So what does all this mean? It means this: That the non-Jews were not trying to make themselves right with God. But they were made right with God. They became right because of their faith.

1 Corinthians 15:32

I fought wild animals in Ephesus. If I did that only for human reasons, to satisfy my own pride, then I have gained nothing. If people are not raised from death, “Let us eat and drink, because tomorrow we die.” {\cf2\super [115]}

1 Corinthians 9:8

These things are not only what men think. God’s law says the same things.

2 Corinthians 6:4

But in every way we show that we are servants of God: in accepting many hard things, in troubles, in difficulties, and in great problems.

2 Corinthians 7:11

You had the kind of sorrow God wanted you to have. Now see what that sorrow has brought you: That sorrow has made you very serious. It made you want to prove that you were not wrong. It made you angry and afraid. It made you want \{to see me\}. It made you care. It made you want the right thing to be done. You proved that you were not guilty in any part of that problem.

Galatians 2:18

But I would really be wrong to begin teaching again those things (the law) that I gave up.

Galatians 3:15

Brothers and sisters, let me give you an example: Think about an agreement that one person makes with another person. After that agreement is made official, no person can stop that agreement or add anything to it. And no person can ignore that agreement.

Revelation 15:3

They sang the song of Moses, {\cf2\super [113]} the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb:

Revelation 18:20

Be happy because of this, O heaven!\par Be happy, God’s holy people {\cf2\super [134]} and apostles {\cf2\super [135]} and prophets {\cf2\super [136]} !\par God has punished her because of the things she did to you.’”\par