Romans 3:8
Let us not do evil so that good may come (a statement which we are falsely said by some to have made), because such behaviour will have its right punishment.
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- Rom 6:1 : 1 What may we say, then? are we to go on in sin so that there may be more grace?
- Rom 6:15 : 15 What then? are we to go on in sin because we are not under law but under grace? Let it not be so.
- Rom 7:7 : 7 What then is to be said? is the law sin? in no way. But I would not have had knowledge of sin but for the law: for I would not have been conscious of desire if the law had not said, You may not have a desire for what is another's.
- 1 Pet 3:16-17 : 16 Being conscious that you have done no wrong; so that those who say evil things about your good way of life as Christians may be put to shame. 17 Because if it is God's purpose for you to undergo pain, it is better to do so for well-doing than for evil-doing.
- Jude 1:4 : 4 For certain men have come among you secretly, marked out before in the holy Writings for this evil fate, men without the fear of God, turning his grace into an unclean thing, and false to our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
- Matt 5:11 : 11 Happy are you when men give you a bad name, and are cruel to you, and say all evil things against you falsely, because of me.
- Rom 5:20 : 20 And the law came in addition, to make wrongdoing worse; but where there was much sin, there was much more grace:
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3 And if some have no faith, will that make the faith of God without effect?
4 In no way: but let God be true, though every man is seen to be untrue; as it is said in the Writings, That your words may be seen to be true, and you may be seen to be right when you are judged.
5 But if the righteousness of God is supported by our wrongdoing what is to be said? is it wrong for God to be angry (as men may say)?
6 In no way: because if it is so, how is God able to be the judge of all the world?
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9 What then? are we worse off than they? In no way: because we have before made it clear that Jews as well as Greeks are all under the power of sin;
10 As it is said in the holy Writings, There is not one who does righteousness;
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2 In no way. How may we, who are dead to sin, be living in it any longer?
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1 So you have no reason, whoever you are, for judging: for in judging another you are judging yourself, for you do the same things.
2 And we are conscious that God is a true judge against those who do such things.
3 But you who are judging another for doing what you do yourself, are you hoping that God's decision will not take effect against you?
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7 Now our prayer to God is that you may do no evil; not in order that it may be put to our credit, but so that you may do what is right, whatever we may seem.
8 Because we are able to do nothing against what is true, but only for it.
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16 Let it not be possible for men to say evil about your good:
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14 What may we say then? is God not upright? let it not be said.
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13 Was then that which is good, death to me? In no way. But the purpose was that sin might be seen to be sin by working death to me through that which is good; so that through the orders of the law sin might seem much more evil.
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12 So that they all may be judged, who had no faith in what is true, but took pleasure in evil.
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8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, were to be a preacher to you of good news other than that which we have given you, let there be a curse on him.
9 As we have said before, so say I now again, If any man is a preacher to you of any good news other than that which has been given to you, let there be a curse on him.
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3 For in the past we were foolish, hard in heart, turned from the true way, servants of evil desires and pleasures, living in bad feeling and envy, hated and hating one another.
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33 Who will say anything against the saints of God? It is God who makes us clear from evil;
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16 But now you go on glorying in your pride: and all such glorying is evil.
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4 For certain men have come among you secretly, marked out before in the holy Writings for this evil fate, men without the fear of God, turning his grace into an unclean thing, and false to our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
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17 Because if it is God's purpose for you to undergo pain, it is better to do so for well-doing than for evil-doing.
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2 Let your hearts be open to us: we have done no man wrong, no man has been damaged by us, we have made no profit out of any man,
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8 For though I might take pride in our authority (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for your destruction), it will not be a cause of shame to me:
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12 But what I do, that I will go on doing, so that I may give no chance to those who are looking for one; so that, in the cause of their pride, they may be seen to be the same as we are.
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16 Who, to make the measure of their sins complete, kept us from giving the word of salvation to the Gentiles: but the wrath of God is about to come on them in the fullest degree.
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13 Then let us not be judges of one another any longer: but keep this in mind, that no man is to make it hard for his brother, or give him cause for doubting.
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16 As those who are free, not using your free position as a cover for wrongdoing, but living as the servants of God;
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12 If others have a part in this right over you, have we not even more? But we did not make use of our right, so that we might put nothing in the way of the good news of Christ.
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32 Who, though they have knowledge of the law of God, that the fate of those who do these things is death, not only go on doing these things themselves, but give approval to those who do them.
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20 Because by the works of the law no man is able to have righteousness in his eyes, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
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3 Does God give wrong decisions? or is the Ruler of all not upright in his judging?
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3 Giving no cause for trouble in anything, so that no one may be able to say anything against our work;
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8 But God's approval of us is not based on the food we take: if we do not take it we are no worse for it; and if we take it we are no better.
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9 Their respect for a man's position is a witness against them; and their sin is open to the view of all; like that of Sodom, it is not covered. A curse on their soul! for the measure of their sin is full.
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2 And a great number will go with them in their evil ways, through whom the true way will have a bad name.
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18 For there is a revelation of the wrath of God from heaven against all the wrongdoing and evil thoughts of men who keep down what is true by wrongdoing;
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13 For it is not the hearers of the law who will be judged as having righteousness before God, but only the doers:
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3 Is it not trouble for the sinner, and destruction for the evil-doers?
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4 And they are wondering that you no longer go with them in this violent wasting of life, and are saying evil things of you:
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10 If we say that we have no sin, we make him false and his word is not in us.