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Romans 3:8

And why not say, just as some people slanderously claim we say, “Let us do what is evil so that good may come”? j Their condemnation is deserved!

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Romans 3:8 — The New International Version (NIV)

Why not say—as some slanderously claim that we say—“Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is just!

Romans 3:8 — English Standard Version (ESV)

And why not do evil that good may come?—as some people slanderously charge us with saying. Their condemnation is just.

Romans 3:8 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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.

Romans 3:8 — New Living Translation (NLT)

And some people even slander us by claiming that we say, “The more we sin, the better it is!” Those who say such things deserve to be condemned.

Romans 3:8 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

And why not say, “Let us do evil that good may come”?—as we are slanderously reported and as some affirm that we say. Their condemnation is just.

Romans 3:8 — New Century Version (NCV)

It would be the same to say, “We should do evil so that good will come.” Some people find fault with us and say we teach this, but they are wrong and deserve the punishment they will receive.

Romans 3:8 — American Standard Version (ASV)

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.

Romans 3:8 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

and not, according as we are injuriously charged, and according as some affirm that we say, Let us practise evil things, that good ones may come? whose judgment is just.

Romans 3:8 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Or can we say, “Let’s do evil so that good will come from it”? Some slander us and claim that this is what we say. They are condemned, and that’s what they deserve. 

Romans 3:8 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

And why not say (as some people slander us by saying that we say), “Let us do evil so that good may come”? Their condemnation is deserved!

Romans 3:8 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

And why not (as we are slandered, and as some affirm that we say), “Let us do evil, in order that good may come of it”? Their condemnation is just!

Romans 3:8 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Why not say, “Let’s do evil things so that good things will happen”? Some people actually lie by reporting that this is what we say. They are the ones who should be found guilty.

Romans 3:8 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

And why not say (as we are slanderously reported and as some claim that we say), “Let us do evil that good may come”? Their condemnation is just.


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