Romans 3:7

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

For if by my lie the truth of God enhances his glory, why am I still actually being judged as a sinner?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἰ γὰρ ἡ ἀλήθεια τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν τῷ ἐμῷ ψεύσματι ἐπερίσσευσεν εἰς τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ· τί ἔτι κἀγὼ ὡς ἁμαρτωλὸς κρίνομαι;

Transliteration

Ei gar hē alētheia tou Theou en tō emō pseusmati eperisseusen eis tēn doxan autou; ti eti kagō hōs hamartōlos krinomai?

Grammar Details

• *Ei*: conditional particle - if
• *gar*: postpositive conjunction - for/because
• *hē alētheia*: noun, nominative, feminine, singular - the truth
• *tou Theou*: noun, genitive, masculine, singular - of God
• *en tō emō*: preposition + dative pronoun, neuter, singular - in my
• *pseusmati*: noun, dative, neuter, singular - lie/falsehood
• *eperisseusen*: verb, aorist active, 3rd person singular - abounded/increased
• *eis tēn doxan*: preposition + accusative noun, feminine, singular - unto the glory
• *autou*: pronoun, genitive, masculine, singular - of him
• *ti*: interrogative pronoun, accusative, neuter, singular - why
• *eti*: adverb - still/yet
• *kagō*: crasis of *kai* + *egō* - and I/I also
• *hōs*: comparative particle - as/like
• *hamartōlos*: noun, nominative, masculine, singular - sinner
• *krinomai*: verb, present passive, 1st person singular - I am judged

Word Meanings

• *alētheia*: truth/reality/truthfulness
• *pseusmati*: lie/falsehood/untruth
• *eperisseusen*: abounded/increased/overflowed/multiplied
• *doxan*: glory/honor/praise/splendor
• *hamartōlos*: sinner/sinful person/wrongdoer
• *krinomai*: am judged/am condemned/am called to account

Referenced Verses

• Rom 3:4 : 4 Absolutely not! Let God be proven true, and every human being shown up as a liar, just as it is written:“so that you will be justified in your words and will prevail when you are judged.”
• Rom 9:19-20 : 19 You will say to me then,“Why does he still find fault? For who has ever resisted his will?” 20 But who indeed are you– a mere human being– to talk back to God? Does what is molded say to the molder,“Why have you made me like this?”
• 1 Kgs 13:26-32 : 26 When the old prophet who had invited him to his house heard the news, he said,“It is the prophet who rebelled against the LORD. The LORD delivered him over to the lion and it tore him up and killed him, in keeping with the LORD’S message that he had spoken to him.” 27 He told his sons,“Saddle my donkey.” So they saddled it. 28 He went and found the body lying in the road with the donkey and the lion standing beside it; the lion had neither eaten the body nor attacked the donkey. 29 The old prophet picked up the prophet’s body, put it on the donkey, and brought it back. The old prophet then entered the city to mourn him and to bury him. 30 He put the body into his own tomb, and they mourned over him, saying,“Ah, my brother!” 31 After he buried him, he said to his sons,“When I die, bury me in the tomb where the prophet is buried; put my bones right beside his bones, 32 because the message that he announced as the LORD’s message against the altar in Bethel and against all the temples on the high places in the cities of the north will certainly be fulfilled.”
• 2 Kgs 8:10-15 : 10 Elisha said to him,“Go and tell him,‘You will surely recover,’ but the LORD has revealed to me that he will surely die.” 11 Elisha just stared at him until Hazael became uncomfortable. Then the prophet started crying. 12 Hazael asked,“Why are you crying, my master?” He replied,“Because I know the trouble you will cause the Israelites. You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, smash their children to bits, and rip open their pregnant women.” 13 Hazael said,“How could your servant, who is as insignificant as a dog, accomplish this great military victory?” Elisha answered,“The LORD has revealed to me that you will be the king of Syria.” 14 He left Elisha and went to his master. Ben Hadad asked him,“What did Elisha tell you?” Hazael replied,“He told me you would surely recover.” 15 The next day Hazael took a piece of cloth, dipped it in water, and spread it over Ben Hadad’s face until he died. Then Hazael replaced him as king.
• Isa 10:6-7 : 6 I sent him against a godless nation, I ordered him to attack the people with whom I was angry, to take plunder and to carry away loot, to trample them down like dirt in the streets. 7 But he does not agree with this, his mind does not reason this way, for his goal is to destroy, and to eliminate many nations.
• Matt 26:34 : 34 Jesus said to him,“I tell you the truth, on this night, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.”
• Matt 26:69-75 : 69 Peter’s Denials Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A slave girl came to him and said,“You also were with Jesus the Galilean.” 70 But he denied it in front of them all:“I don’t know what you’re talking about!” 71 When he went out to the gateway, another slave girl saw him and said to the people there,“This man was with Jesus the Nazarene.” 72 He denied it again with an oath,“I do not know the man!” 73 After a little while, those standing there came up to Peter and said,“You really are one of them too– even your accent gives you away!” 74 At that he began to curse, and he swore with an oath,“I do not know the man!” At that moment a rooster crowed. 75 Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said:“Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly.
• Acts 2:23 : 23 this man, who was handed over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you executed by nailing him to a cross at the hands of Gentiles.
• Acts 13:27-29 : 27 For the people who live in Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize him, and they fulfilled the sayings of the prophets that are read every Sabbath by condemning him. 28 Though they found no basis for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have him executed. 29 When they had accomplished everything that was written about him, they took him down from the cross and placed him in a tomb.
• Gen 37:8-9 : 8 Then his brothers asked him,“Do you really think you will rule over us or have dominion over us?” They hated him even more because of his dream and because of what he said. 9 Then he had another dream, and told it to his brothers.“Look,” he said.“I had another dream. The sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”
• Gen 37:20 : 20 Come now, let’s kill him, throw him into one of the cisterns, and then say that a wild animal ate him. Then we’ll see how his dreams turn out!”
• Gen 44:1-9 : 1 The Final Test He instructed the servant who was over his household,“Fill the sacks of the men with as much food as they can carry and put each man’s money in the mouth of his sack. 2 Then put my cup– the silver cup– in the mouth of the youngest one’s sack, along with the money for his grain.” He did as Joseph instructed. 3 When morning came, the men and their donkeys were sent off. 4 They had not gone very far from the city when Joseph said to the servant who was over his household,“Pursue the men at once! When you overtake them, say to them,‘Why have you repaid good with evil? 5 Doesn’t my master drink from this cup and use it for divination? You have done wrong!’” 6 When the man overtook them, he spoke these words to them. 7 They answered him,“Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing! 8 Look, the money that we found in the mouths of our sacks we brought back to you from the land of Canaan. Why then would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house? 9 If one of us has it, he will die, and the rest of us will become my lord’s slaves!” 10 He replied,“You have suggested your own punishment! The one who has it will become my slave, but the rest of you will go free.” 11 So each man quickly lowered his sack to the ground and opened it. 12 Then the man searched. He began with the oldest and finished with the youngest. The cup was found in Benjamin’s sack! 13 They all tore their clothes! Then each man loaded his donkey, and they returned to the city. 14 So Judah and his brothers came back to Joseph’s house. He was still there, and they threw themselves to the ground before him.
• Gen 50:18-20 : 18 Then his brothers also came and threw themselves down before him; they said,“Here we are; we are your slaves.” 19 But Joseph answered them,“Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God? 20 As for you, you meant to harm me, but God intended it for a good purpose, so he could preserve the lives of many people, as you can see this day.
• Exod 3:19 : 19 But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go, not even under force.
• Exod 14:5 : 5 When it was reported to the king of Egypt that the people had fled, the heart of Pharaoh and his servants was turned against the people, and the king and his servants said,“What in the world have we done? For we have released the people of Israel from serving us!”
• Exod 14:30 : 30 So the LORD saved Israel on that day from the power of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore of the sea.
• 1 Kgs 13:17-18 : 17 For an order came to me in the LORD’s message,‘Eat no food. Drink no water there. And do not return by the way you came.’” 18 Then the old prophet said,“I too am a prophet like you. And an angel has told me in a message from the LORD,‘Bring him back with you to your house so he can eat food and drink water.’” But he had lied to him.