Romans 3:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

For if the truth of God has increased through my lie to His glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner?

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  • Rom 3:4 : 4 Certainly not: indeed, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, 'That you may be justified in your words, and may overcome when you are judged.'
  • Rom 9:19-20 : 19 You will say then to me, Why does He still find fault? For who has resisted His will? 20 But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Shall the thing formed say to Him who formed it, Why have you made me like this?
  • 1 Kgs 13:26-32 : 26 And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard of it, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient to the word of the LORD: therefore the LORD has delivered him to the lion, which has torn him and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke to him. 27 And he spoke to his sons, saying, Saddle me the donkey. And they saddled it. 28 And he went and found his corpse cast in the way, and the donkey and the lion standing by the corpse: the lion had not eaten the corpse, nor torn the donkey. 29 And the prophet took up the corpse of the man of God, and laid it upon the donkey, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn and to bury him. 30 And he laid his corpse in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother! 31 And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spoke to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the tomb where the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones: 32 For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.
  • 2 Kgs 8:10-15 : 10 And Elisha said to him, "Go, say to him, 'You may certainly recover:' however the LORD has shown me that he shall surely die." 11 And he fixed his gaze steadily, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept. 12 And Hazael said, "Why does my lord weep?" And he answered, "Because I know the evil that you will do to the children of Israel: their strongholds you will set on fire, and their young men you will slay with the sword, and will dash their children, and rip up their women with child." 13 And Hazael said, "But what, is your servant a dog, that he should do this great thing?" And Elisha answered, "The LORD has shown me that you shall be king over Syria." 14 So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, "What did Elisha say to you?" And he answered, "He told me that you should surely recover." 15 And it happened on the next day, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his place.
  • Isa 10:6-7 : 6 I will send him against a hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. 7 Yet he does not mean so, neither does his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off not a few nations.
  • Matt 26:34 : 34 Jesus said to him, Truly I say to you, That this night, before the rooster crow, you shall deny me three times.
  • Matt 26:69-75 : 69 Now Peter sat outside in the palace: and a servant girl came to him, saying, You also were with Jesus of Galilee. 70 But he denied before them all, saying, I do not know what you are saying. 71 And when he was gone out into the porch, another servant girl saw him, and said to them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth. 72 And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man. 73 And after a while those who stood by came to him, and said to Peter, Surely you also are one of them; for your speech betrays you. 74 Then he began to curse and to swear, saying, I do not know the man. And immediately the rooster crowed. 75 And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said to him, Before the rooster crows, you shall deny me three times. And he went out, and wept bitterly.
  • Acts 2:23 : 23 Him, being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, you have taken, and by lawless hands have crucified and killed:
  • Acts 13:27-29 : 27 For those who dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, have fulfilled them in condemning him. 28 And though they found no cause of death in him, yet they asked Pilate that he should be killed. 29 And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a tomb.
  • Gen 37:8-9 : 8 And his brothers said to him, Shall you indeed reign over us? or shall you indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him even more for his dreams, and for his words. 9 And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brothers, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars bowed to me.
  • Gen 37:20 : 20 Come now therefore, and let us kill him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast has devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
  • Gen 44:1-9 : 1 And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man's money in the mouth of his sack. 2 And put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, along with his grain money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken. 3 As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their donkeys. 4 And when they had gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said to his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when you overtake them, say to them, Why have you repaid evil for good? 5 Is this not the cup my lord drinks from, and by which he indeed divines? You have done evil in doing so. 6 And he overtook them, and he spoke to them these same words. 7 And they said to him, Why does my lord say these words? God forbid that your servants should do such a thing as this: 8 Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought back to you from the land of Canaan: how then should we steal silver or gold from your lord's house? 9 Whichever of your servants it is found with, let him die, and we also will be my lord's slaves. 10 And he said, Now also let it be according to your words: the one with whom it is found shall be my servant; and you shall be blameless. 11 Then they quickly took down each man his sack to the ground, and opened each man's sack. 12 And he searched, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack. 13 Then they tore their clothes, and loaded every man his donkey, and returned to the city. 14 And Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house; for he was still there: and they fell before him on the ground.
  • Gen 50:18-20 : 18 And his brothers also went and fell down before his face, and they said, Behold, we are your servants. 19 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not, for am I in the place of God? 20 But as for you, you thought evil against me, but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive.
  • Exod 3:19 : 19 And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand.
  • Exod 14:5 : 5 And it was told the king of Egypt that the people had fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?
  • Exod 14:30 : 30 Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.
  • 1 Kgs 13:17-18 : 17 For it was said to me by the word of the LORD, You shall eat no bread nor drink water there, nor return to go by the way that you came. 18 He said to him, I am a prophet also as you are; and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with you into your house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied to him.

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  • 1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?

  • 6 For though I would desire to boast, I shall not be a fool; for I will speak the truth. But now I refrain, lest anyone should think of me above that which he sees me to be, or that he hears of me.

  • 13 Was then that which is good made death unto me? Certainly not. But sin, that it might appear sin, was producing death in me through what is good; that sin through the commandment might become exceedingly sinful.

  • 7 Did I commit a sin by humbling myself that you might be exalted, because I preached to you the gospel of God freely?

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    1 Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are that judges: for in what you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge do the same things.

    2 But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who commit such things.

    3 And do you think this, O man, who judges those who do such things, and do the same, that you shall escape the judgment of God?

  • 14 For if I have boasted anything to him about you, I am not ashamed; but as we spoke all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which I made before Titus, is found to be true.

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    29 Conscience, I say, not your own, but of the other: for why should my liberty be judged by another man's conscience?

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  • 10 As the truth of Christ is in me, no one shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia.

  • 7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not. Indeed, I would not have known sin except through the law: for I would not have known lust unless the law had said, 'You shall not covet.'

  • 7 For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I speak the truth in Christ, and do not lie), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

  • 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

  • 18 What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is preached; and in this I rejoice, yes, and will rejoice.

  • 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness;

  • 11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it killed me.

  • 17 Now then it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.

  • 10 For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

  • 20 Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.

  • 46 Which of you convicts me of sin? And if I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?

  • 17 Therefore I have reason to glory in Christ Jesus in what pertains to God.

  • 26 to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

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

  • 20 Moreover, the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more:

  • 7 Now I pray to God that you do no evil; not that we should appear approved, but that you should do what is honest, though we be as reprobates.

  • 8 For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord has given us for edification and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed:

  • 7 Will you speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?

  • 9 And be found in him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith:

  • 24 being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

  • 12 But what I do, I will continue to do, that I may cut off the opportunity from those who desire an opportunity to be regarded just as we are in the things of which they boast.

  • 16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.

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

  • 20 Now concerning the things I write to you, indeed, before God, I do not lie.

  • 14 But God forbid that I should boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world.