World English Bible
Romans 3:5
“But if our unrighteousness commends the righteousness of God, what will we say? Is God unrighteous who inflicts wrath? I speak like men do.”
Verse in context — Romans 3
3
For what if some were without faith? Will their lack of faith nullify the faithfulness of God?
4
May it never be! Yes, let God be found true, but every man a liar. As it is written, "That you might be justified in your words, and might prevail when you come into judgment.
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But if our unrighteousness commends the righteousness of God, what will we say? Is God unrighteous who inflicts wrath? I speak like men do.
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May it never be! For then how will God judge the world?
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For if the truth of God through my lie abounded to his glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner?
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