Romans 3:7
For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?
KJV
εἰ δὲ ἡ ἀλήθεια τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν τῷ ἐμῷ ψεύσματι ἐπερίσσευσεν εἰς τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ, τί ἔτι κἀγὼ ὡς ἁμαρτωλὸς κρίνομαι;
Greek NT
Si enim veritas Dei in meo mendacio abundavit in gloriam ipsius : quid adhuc et ego tamquam peccator judicor ?
Vulgate
But if the truth of God through my lie abounded unto his glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner?
ASV
For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie, unto his glory, why am I also yet judged as a sinner?
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
18 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- δὲ — SBLGNT
- δὲ — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- γὰρ — Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210206.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
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Cross-references
- Gen 27:24 — And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.
- Rom 3:4 — God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
- Rom 9:19 — Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?