Romans 3:4

Bishops' Bible (1568)

God forbyd. Yea let God be true, and euery man a lyer, as it is writte: That thou myghtest be iustified in thy sayinges, and ouercome when thou art iudged.

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  • Ps 51:4 : 4 Agaynst thee, only agaynst thee I haue sinned and done this euyll in thy sight: that thou mightest be iustified in thy saying, and founde pure when thou art iudged.
  • Ps 116:11 : 11 insomuch that I said in my rashnesse euery man is a lyer.
  • Gal 2:17 : 17 If then, whyle we seke to be made ryghteous by Christe, we our selues are founde sinners: is therfore Christe the minister of sinne? God forbyd.
  • Luke 20:16 : 16 He shall come and destroye these husbande men, & shall let out his vineyarde to other. When they hearde this, they sayde, God forbyd.
  • 1 John 5:20 : 20 We knowe that the sonne of God is come, & hath geuen vs a minde to know hym which is true: and we are in hym that is true, through his sonne Iesus Christe. This same is very God, and eternall lyfe.
  • Rom 3:31 : 31 Do we then destroy the lawe through fayth? God forbyd: But we rather mayntayne the lawe.
  • Rom 6:2 : 2 Howe shall we that are dead to sinne, lyue any longer therin?
  • Rom 6:15 : 15 What then? Shall we sinne, because we are not vnder the lawe, but vnder grace? God forbyd.
  • Rom 7:7 : 7 What shall we say then? Is the lawe sinne? God forbyd. Neuerthelesse, I knewe not sinne, but by the lawe: For I had not knowen lust, except the lawe had sayde, thou shalt not lust.
  • Rom 7:13 : 13 Was that then which was good, made death vnto me? God forbyd. But sinne, that sinne myght appeare, by that which was good to worke death in me: that sinne by ye commaundement, myght be out of measure sinfull.
  • Rom 9:14 : 14 What shall we say then? Is there any vnrighteousnes with God? God forbid.
  • Rom 11:1 : 1 I say then, hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seede of Abraham, of the tribe of Beniamin,
  • Rom 11:11 : 11 I say then, haue they therfore stumbled, that they shoulde fall? God forbyd: but through their fall, saluation is come vnto the gentiles, for to prouoke them withall.
  • Ps 119:160 : 160 The beginning of thy word is trueth: and all the iudgementes of thy ryghteousnesse endure for euermore.
  • Ps 138:2 : 2 I wyll make my lowe obeysaunce towarde thy holy temple: and I wyll prayse thy holy name in respect of thy louing kindnesse and trueth. For thou hast magnified thy name: and thy worde aboue all thinges.
  • Mic 7:20 : 20 Thou wilt perfourme to Iacob thy trueth, and thy mercie to Abraham, like as thou hast sworne vnto our fathers in olde time.
  • Matt 11:19 : 19 The sonne of man came eatyng and drinking, and they say, behold a glutton and an vnmeasurable drinker of wine, and a friende vnto publicans & sinners: And wisdome is iustified of her children.
  • Ps 62:9 : 9 As for the chyldren of men, they be onlye but vanitie, the chyldren of lordes be but a lye: vpon the wayghtes they be altogether lighter then vanitie in selfe.
  • Ps 100:5 : 5 For God is gratious, his mercie is euerlastyng: and his trueth endureth from generation to generation.
  • Deut 32:4 : 4 Perfect is the worke of the most mightie God, for all his wayes are iudgement: He is a God of trueth, without wickednesse, righteous and iust is he.
  • Job 36:3 : 3 I wyll open vnto thee yet farre higher knowledge, and wil ascribe righteousnesse vnto my maker.
  • Job 40:8 : 8 Wylt thou disanul my iudgement? or wylt thou condempne me, that thou mayst be righteous?
  • Rev 3:7 : 7 And write vnto ye Angel of the Church of Philadelphia, this sayth he that is holy and true, which hath the key of Dauid, which openeth, and no man shutteth, and shutteth, and no man openeth.
  • John 3:33 : 33 He that hath receaued his testimonie, hath set to his seale, that God is true.
  • Rom 3:6-7 : 6 God forbyd. For howe then shall God iudge the worlde? 7 For yf the trueth of God hath more abounded through my lye, vnto his glory, why am I as yet iudged as a sinner?
  • Gal 2:21 : 21 I reiect not the grace of God: For yf ryghteousnesse come of the lawe, then Christe is dead in vayne.
  • Gal 6:14 : 14 God forbyd that I shoulde reioyce, but in the crosse of our Lorde Iesus Christe, wherby the world is crucified vnto me, and I vnto the worlde.
  • Titus 1:2 : 2 In the hope of eternall lyfe, which God that can not lye, promised before the worlde began:
  • Heb 6:18 : 18 That by two immutable thynges, in whiche it was vnpossible for God to lye, we myght haue a strong consolation, which haue fledde to holde fast the hope layde before vs:
  • 1 John 5:10 : 10 He that beleueth on the sonne of God, hath the witnesse in hym selfe: He that beleueth not God, hath made hym a lyer, because he beleued not the recorde that God gaue of his sonne.
  • 2 Cor 1:18 : 18 God is faythfull: For our preaching to you, was not yea and nay.
  • 1 Cor 6:15 : 15 Knowe ye not that your bodies are the members of Christe? Shall I then take the members of Christe, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbyd.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Rom 3:5-10
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    5 But yf our vnrighteousnes setteth foorth the righteousnes of God, what shall we saye? Is God vnryghteous which taketh vengeaunce? I speake after the maner of men,

    6 God forbyd. For howe then shall God iudge the worlde?

    7 For yf the trueth of God hath more abounded through my lye, vnto his glory, why am I as yet iudged as a sinner?

    8 And not rather (as men speake euyll of vs, and as some affirme that we say) let vs do euyll, that good may come therof? Whose dampnation is iuste.

    9 What then? Are we better then they? No, in no wise. For we haue alredy proued, howe that both Iewes and Gentiles are all vnder sinne.

    10 As it is written: There is none righteous, no not one.

  • 3 What then though some of them dyd not beleue? Shal their vnbeliefe make the fayth of God without effect?

  • 14 What shall we say then? Is there any vnrighteousnes with God? God forbid.

  • 18 God is faythfull: For our preaching to you, was not yea and nay.

  • Rom 2:1-3
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    1 Therefore art thou inexcusable, O ma, whosoeuer thou be that iudgest. For in that same wherin thou iudgest another, thou condempnest thy self. For thou that iudgest, doest euen ye selfe same thynges.

    2 But we are sure that the iudgement of god is according to the trueth, against them which commit such thynges.

    3 Thinkest thou this, O thou man that iudgest them whiche do such thynges, and doest the same thy selfe that thou shalt escape the iudgement of God?

  • 5 God forbyd that I should graunt your cause to be right: As for me, vntill myne end come will I neuer go fro myne innocentie.

  • 17 If then, whyle we seke to be made ryghteous by Christe, we our selues are founde sinners: is therfore Christe the minister of sinne? God forbyd.

  • 17 Shall man be more iust then God? or shall a man be purer then his maker?

  • Rom 1:17-18
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    17 For by it is the ryghteousnes of God opened fro fayth to fayth. As it is written: the iuste shall lyue by fayth.

    18 For the wrath of God appeareth from heauen, against all vngodlynesse & vnrighteousnes of men, which withholde the trueth in vnrighteousnes.

  • 6 Put thou nothyng vnto his wordes, lest he reproue thee, and thou be founde a lyar.

  • 7 Wyll you speake wickedlie for gods defence and talke deceitfully for his cause?

  • 8 Wylt thou disanul my iudgement? or wylt thou condempne me, that thou mayst be righteous?

  • 3 Shoulde thy lies make men holde their peace, and when thou mockest others shall no man make thee ashamed?

  • 12 But aboue all thynges my brethren, sweare not, neither by heauen, neither by earth, neither any other othe: Let your yea, be yea, and your nay nay, lest you fall into condempnation.

  • 2 And enter not into iudgement with thy seruaunt: for in thy syght no man lyuyng can be iustified.

  • Rom 14:11-12
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    11 For it is written, I lyue, sayth the Lorde: and all knees shall bowe to me, & all tongues shall geue prayse to God.

    12 So shal euery one of vs geue accompt of hym selfe to God.

  • 26 Which God dyd suffer, to shew at this tyme his righteousnes, that he might be iuste, & the iustifier of hym which beleueth on Iesus.

  • Rom 4:2-3
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    2 For if Abraham were iustified by workes, the hath he wherein to boaste, but not before God.

    3 For what sayth the scripture? Abraham beleued God, and it was counted vnto hym for ryghteousnes.

  • 2 Howe shall we that are dead to sinne, lyue any longer therin?

  • 10 If we say we haue not sinned, we make hym a lyer, and his worde is not in vs.

  • 33 Who shall lay any thyng to the charge of Gods chosen? It is God that iustifieth:

  • 25 Is it not so? Who will then reproue me as a lyer, and say that my wordes are nothing worth? Bildad proueth that no man is cleane nor without sinne before God.

  • 2 Cor 13:7-8
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    7 Truely I pray to God that ye do none euyll, not that we shoulde seeme approued: but yt ye shoulde do that which is honest, though we be as reprobates.

    8 For we can do nothyng agaynst the trueth: but for the trueth.

  • 19 God is not a man that he should lye, neither the sonne of a ma that he should repent: should he say & not do? or should he speake, and not make it good?

  • 37 For of thy wordes, thou shalt be iustified: and of thy wordes, thou shalt be condemned.

  • 33 He that hath receaued his testimonie, hath set to his seale, that God is true.

  • 11 But that no man is iustified by ye lawe in the sight of God, it is euident. For the iust shall lyue by fayth.

  • 6 Euen as Dauid describeth the blessednesse of the man vnto whom God imputeth righteousnesse without workes:

  • 16 If a false witnesse rise vp agaynst a man, to accuse hym of trespasse:

  • 11 insomuch that I said in my rashnesse euery man is a lyer.

  • 28 (That were a wickednesse worthy to be punished: for then shoulde I haue denyed the God that is aboue.)

  • 21 Is the lawe then against the promise of God? God forbyd. For yf there had ben a lawe geuen which coulde haue geuen life: then no doubt righteousnesse shoulde haue ben by the lawe.

  • 15 What then? Shall we sinne, because we are not vnder the lawe, but vnder grace? God forbyd.

  • 2 I knowe it is so of a trueth: For how may a man compared vnto God be iustified?

  • 6 Thyne owne mouth condempneth thee, and not I: yea, thyne owne lippes shape an aunswere against thee.

  • 4 For I knowe nothing by my selfe, yet am I not thereby iustified: but he that iudgeth me is the Lorde.

  • 3 Doth God paruert the thing that is lawfull? or doth the almightie destroy the thing that is right?

  • 12 Behold, in this hast thou not done right, I wil make aunswere vnto thee, that God is greater then man.

  • 2 But haue cast from vs the clokes of vnhonestie, and walke not in craftynesse, neither handle we the word of God disceitefully, but in openyng of the trueth, and report our selues to euery mans conscience in the syght of God.