Romans 3:1-8

New American Standard Bible

All the World Guilty

3 Then what ^[a]advantage does the Jew have? Or what is the benefit of circumcision? ²Great in every respect. First, that ^(A)they were entrusted with the ^(B)actual words of God. ³What then? If ^(C)some ^[b]did not believe, their ^[c]unbelief will not nullify the faithfulness of God, will it? ⁴^[d]^(D)Far from it! Rather, God must prove to be true, though every person be found ^(E)a liar, as it is written:

“^(F)So that You are justified in Your words,
And prevail ^[e]when You are judged.”

⁵But if our unrighteousness ^[f]^(G)demonstrates the righteousness of God, ^(H)what shall we say? The God who inflicts wrath is not unrighteous, is He? (^(I)I am speaking from a human viewpoint.) ⁶^(J)Far from it! For otherwise, how will ^(K)God judge the world? ⁷But if through my lie ^(L)the truth of God abounded to His glory, ^(M)why am I also still being judged as a sinner? ⁸And why not say (just as we are slanderously reported and as some claim that we say), “^(N)Let’s do evil that good may come of it”? ^[g]Their condemnation is deserved.