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Romans 3:7

For if the truth of God has increased through my lie to His glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner?

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Romans 3:7 — The New International Version (NIV)

Someone might argue, “If my falsehood enhances God’s truthfulness and so increases his glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner?”

Romans 3:7 — English Standard Version (ESV)

But if through my lie God’s truth abounds to his glory, why am I still being condemned as a sinner?

Romans 3:7 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?

Romans 3:7 — New Living Translation (NLT)

“But,” someone might still argue, “how can God condemn me as a sinner if my dishonesty highlights his truthfulness and brings him more glory?”

Romans 3:7 — New Century Version (NCV)

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

Romans 3:7 — American Standard Version (ASV)

But if the truth of God through my lie abounded unto his glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner?

Romans 3:7 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

For if the truth of God, in my lie, has more abounded to his glory, why yet am I also judged as a sinner?

Romans 3:7 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

If my lie increases the glory that God receives by showing that God is truthful, why am I still judged as a sinner?

Romans 3:7 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

But if by my lie God’s truth is amplified to His glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner?

Romans 3:7 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

But if through my falsehood God’s truthfulness abounds to his glory, why am I still being condemned as a sinner?

Romans 3:7 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

But if by my lying, the truth of God abounded to his glory, why am I also still condemned as a sinner?

Romans 3:7 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Someone might argue, “When I lie, it becomes clearer that God is truthful. It makes his glory shine more brightly. Why then does he find me guilty of sin?”

Romans 3:7 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

But if through my lie the truth of God abounded to His glory, why am I also still being judged as a sinner?


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