Romans 3:4

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Absolutely not! Let God be true, and every human being a liar. As it is written: "So that You may be justified in Your words and prevail when You are judged."

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  • Ps 51:4 : 4 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
  • Ps 116:11 : 11 I said in my alarm, 'All mankind are liars.'
  • Gal 2:17 : 17 But if, while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves are found to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not!
  • Luke 20:16 : 16 He will come and destroy those farmers and give the vineyard to others. When they heard this, they said, 'May it never happen!'
  • 1 John 5:20 : 20 We also know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know Him who is true. And we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
  • Rom 3:31 : 31 Do we then nullify the law by this faith? Absolutely not! Instead, we uphold the law.
  • Rom 6:2 : 2 Absolutely not! How can we who died to sin still live in it?
  • Rom 6:15 : 15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? Certainly not!
  • Rom 7:7 : 7 What shall we say then? Is the law sinful? Certainly not! Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, 'You shall not covet.'
  • Rom 7:13 : 13 Did what is good then become death to me? Certainly not! But sin, in order to be recognized as sin, used what is good to bring about my death, so that sin might become utterly sinful through the commandment.
  • Rom 9:14 : 14 What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Certainly not!
  • Rom 11:1 : 1 So I ask, did God reject His people? Certainly not! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.
  • Rom 11:11 : 11 Again I ask, did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Certainly not! Rather, because of their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel envious.
  • Ps 119:160 : 160 The essence of Your word is truth, and all Your righteous judgments endure forever.
  • Ps 138:2 : 2 I will bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness, for you have exalted your word above all your name.
  • Mic 7:20 : 20 You will show faithfulness to Jacob and steadfast love to Abraham, as You promised to our fathers in days of old.
  • Matt 11:19 : 19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ But wisdom is proved right by her actions.
  • Ps 62:9 : 9 Trust in Him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to Him, for God is our refuge. Selah.
  • Ps 100:5 : 5 For the Lord is good, and His steadfast love endures forever; His faithfulness continues through all generations.
  • Deut 32:4 : 4 The Rock—His work is perfect, for all His ways are just. A faithful God without injustice, righteous and upright is He.
  • Job 36:3 : 3 I will bring my knowledge from far away and ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
  • Job 40:8 : 8 Would you indeed annul My justice? Would you condemn Me that you may be justified?
  • Rev 3:7 : 7 To the angel of the church in Philadelphia, write: These are the words of the Holy One, the True One, who holds the key of David, who opens and no one can shut, and who shuts and no one can open.
  • John 3:33 : 33 Whoever accepts His testimony certifies that God is truthful.
  • Rom 3:6-7 : 6 Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world? 7 If the truth of God has increased His glory through my falsehood, why am I still judged as a sinner?
  • Gal 2:21 : 21 I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could come through the law, then Christ died for nothing.
  • Gal 6:14 : 14 But as for me, may I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
  • Titus 1:2 : 2 In the hope of eternal life, which the God who does not lie promised before the beginning of time.
  • Heb 6:18 : 18 So that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.
  • 1 John 5:10 : 10 Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within them. Whoever does not believe God has made Him a liar, because they have not believed the testimony God has given about His Son.
  • 2 Cor 1:18 : 18 But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not "Yes" and "No."
  • 1 Cor 6:15 : 15 Don't you know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never!

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    5But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unjust for bringing His wrath on us? (I am speaking in human terms.)

    6Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world?

    7If the truth of God has increased His glory through my falsehood, why am I still judged as a sinner?

    8Why not say—as some slanderously claim we say—"Let us do evil so that good may result"? Their condemnation is just.

    9What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already charged that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin.

    10As it is written: "There is no one righteous, not even one."

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    3What if some were unfaithful? Will their unfaithfulness nullify the faithfulness of God?

  • Rom 9:14
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    14What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Certainly not!

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    18But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not "Yes" and "No."

  • Rom 2:1-3
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    1Therefore, you have no excuse, O person, whoever you are who judges. For when you judge someone else, you condemn yourself, because you practice the same things you judge others for.

    2We know that God's judgment is based on truth against those who practice such things.

    3Do you think this, O person who judges those who practice such things, yet does the same yourself, that you will escape God’s judgment?

  • Job 27:5
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    5Far be it from me to justify you. Until my dying breath, I will not set aside my integrity.

  • Gal 2:17
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    17But if, while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves are found to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not!

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    17Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can a man be purer than his Maker?

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    17For in the gospel, the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: 'The righteous will live by faith.'

    18For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of people who suppress the truth by their unrighteousness.

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    6Do not add to his words, or he will rebuke you and prove you a liar.

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    7Will you speak unjustly on God's behalf and speak deceitfully for Him?

  • Job 40:8
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    8Would you indeed annul My justice? Would you condemn Me that you may be justified?

  • Job 11:3
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    3Will your empty talk silence others? Will you mock without anyone to rebuke you?

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    12Above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear—not by heaven or earth or any other oath. Let your ‘Yes’ mean ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No’ mean ‘No,’ so that you may not fall under judgment.

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    2Do not bring your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before you.

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    11It is written: 'As surely as I live,' says the Lord, 'every knee will bow before me; every tongue will acknowledge God.'

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  • Rom 3:26
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    26He did this to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.

  • Rom 4:2-3
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    2For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about—but not before God.

    3What does the Scripture say? 'Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.'

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    2Absolutely not! How can we who died to sin still live in it?

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    10If we claim we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.

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    25If this is not so, who can prove me a liar and make my words nothing?

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    7We pray to God that you may not do anything wrong—not so that we may appear approved, but so that you may do what is right, even if we may seem to have failed.

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    19'God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?'

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    37For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.

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    33Whoever accepts His testimony certifies that God is truthful.

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    11Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, 'The righteous will live by faith.'

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    6Just as David also speaks of the blessedness of the person to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

  • Deut 19:16
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    16If a malicious witness testifies against someone, accusing him of wrongdoing,

  • Ps 116:11
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    11I said in my alarm, 'All mankind are liars.'

  • Job 31:28
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    28then this too would be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God above.

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    21Is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law.

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    15What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? Certainly not!

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    2Truly, I know this is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?

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    6Your own mouth condemns you, not I; your lips testify against you.

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    4I am not aware of anything against myself, but that does not make me innocent. The one who judges me is the Lord.

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    12But I tell you, in this you are not right, for God is greater than a man.

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    2Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not act deceitfully or distort the word of God, but by revealing the truth, we commend ourselves to everyone's conscience in the sight of God.