Romans 3:4-6

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⁴Absolutely not!^(A) Let God be true, even though everyone is a liar,^(B) as it is written:

That you may be justified in your words
and triumph when you judge.^[a]^(C)

⁵But if our unrighteousness highlights^[b] God’s righteousness,^(D) what are we to say?^(E) I am using a human argument:^[c]^(F) Is God unrighteous to inflict wrath? ⁶Absolutely not! Otherwise, how will God judge the world?^(G)

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Footnotes

3:4 Ps 51:4
3:5 Or shows, or demonstrates
3:5 Lit I speak as a man

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