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Much, in every respect. [For] in the first place, they were entrusted with the utterances of God.(A) What if some were unfaithful? Will their infidelity nullify the fidelity of God?(B) Of course not! God must be true, though every human being is a liar,[a] as it is written:

“That you may be justified in your words,
    and conquer when you are judged.”(C)

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  1. 3:4 Though every human being is a liar: these words reproduce the Greek text of Ps 116:11. The rest of the verse is from Ps 51:6.

Much in every way!(A) First of all, the Jews have been entrusted with the very words of God.(B)

What if some were unfaithful?(C) Will their unfaithfulness nullify God’s faithfulness?(D) Not at all! Let God be true,(E) and every human being a liar.(F) As it is written:

“So that you may be proved right when you speak
    and prevail when you judge.”[a](G)

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  1. Romans 3:4 Psalm 51:4