[a](A)Far from it! Rather, God must prove to be true, though every person be found (B)a liar, as it is written:

(C)So that You are justified in Your words,
And prevail [b]when You are judged.”

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  1. Romans 3:4 Lit May it never happen! And so throughout the ch
  2. Romans 3:4 Or in Your judging

Not at all! Let God be true,(A) and every human being a liar.(B) As it is written:

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

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  1. Romans 3:4 Psalm 51:4

(A)Far from it! For otherwise, how will (B)God judge the world?

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Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world?(A)

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31 Do we then nullify [a]the Law through faith? (A)Far from it! On the contrary, we (B)establish the Law.

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  1. Romans 3:31 Or law

31 Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather, we uphold the law.

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[a](A)Far from it! How shall we who (B)died to sin still live in it?

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  1. Romans 6:2 Lit May it never happen!

By no means! We are those who have died to sin;(A) how can we live in it any longer?

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15 What then? (A)Are we to sin because we are not under [a]the Law but under grace? [b](B)Far from it!

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  1. Romans 6:15 Or law
  2. Romans 6:15 Lit May it never happen!

Slaves to Righteousness

15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace?(A) By no means!

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(A)What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? (B)[a]Far from it! On the contrary, (C)I would not have come to know sin except [b]through the Law; for I would not have known about [c]coveting if the Law had not said, “(D)You shall not [d]covet.”

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  1. Romans 7:7 Lit May it never happen!
  2. Romans 7:7 Or through law
  3. Romans 7:7 Or lust
  4. Romans 7:7 Or lust

The Law and Sin

What shall we say, then?(A) Is the law sinful? Certainly not!(B) Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law.(C) For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.”[a](D)

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  1. Romans 7:7 Exodus 20:17; Deut. 5:21

13 Therefore did that which is good become a cause of death for me? [a](A)Far from it! Rather it was sin, in order that it might be shown to be sin by bringing about my death through that which is good, so that through the commandment sin would become utterly sinful.

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  1. Romans 7:13 Lit May it never happen!

13 Did that which is good, then, become death to me? By no means! Nevertheless, in order that sin might be recognized as sin, it used what is good(A) to bring about my death,(B) so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.

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14 (A)What shall we say then? (B)There is no injustice with God, is there? [a](C)Far from it!

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  1. Romans 9:14 Lit May it never happen!

14 What then shall we say?(A) Is God unjust? Not at all!(B)

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Israel Has Not Been Rejected

11 I say then, God has not (A)rejected His people, has He? [a](B)Far from it! For (C)I too am an Israelite, [b]a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

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  1. Romans 11:1 Lit May it never happen!
  2. Romans 11:1 Lit of the seed of Abraham

The Remnant of Israel

11 I ask then: Did God reject his people? By no means!(A) I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham,(B) from the tribe of Benjamin.(C)

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11 (A)I say then, they did not stumble so as to fall, did they? [a](B)Far from it! But by their wrongdoing (C)salvation has come to the Gentiles, to (D)make them jealous.

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  1. Romans 11:11 Lit May it never happen!

Ingrafted Branches

11 Again I ask: Did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Not at all!(A) Rather, because of their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles(B) to make Israel envious.(C)

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15 (A)Do you not know that (B)your bodies are parts of Christ? Shall I then take away the parts of Christ and make them parts of a prostitute? [a](C)Far from it!

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  1. 1 Corinthians 6:15 Lit May it never happen!

15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself?(A) Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never!

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17 But if, while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves have also been found (A)sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? [a](B)Far from it!

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  1. Galatians 2:17 Lit May it never happen!

17 “But if, in seeking to be justified in Christ, we Jews find ourselves also among the sinners,(A) doesn’t that mean that Christ promotes sin? Absolutely not!(B)

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21 Is the Law then contrary to the promises of God? [a](A)Far from it! For (B)if a law had been given that was able to impart life, then righteousness [b]would indeed have been [c]based on law.

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  1. Galatians 3:21 Lit May it never happen!
  2. Galatians 3:21 Or would indeed be
  3. Galatians 3:21 Lit out of, from

21 Is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not!(A) For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law.(B)

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