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Romans 3:8

WEB

8Why not (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), “Let’s do evil, that good may come?” Those who say so are justly condemned.

KJV

8And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.

BSB

8Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!

FBV

8Is it a case of, “Let's sin to bring about good”? That's what some people have slanderously accused us of saying. They should be rightly condemned!

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Extra References

Romans 6:1

1What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?

Romans 6:15

15What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? May it never be!

Romans 7:7

7What shall we say then? Is the law sin? May it never be! However, I wouldn’t have known sin except through the law. For I wouldn’t have known coveting unless the law had said, “You shall not covet.”

Romans 5:20

20The law came in that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace abounded more exceedingly,

Jude 1:4

4For there are certain men who crept in secretly, even those who were long ago written about for this condemnation: ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into indecency, and denying our only Master, God, and Lord, Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 3:16-17

16having a good conscience. Thus, while you are spoken against as evildoers, they may be disappointed who curse your good way of life in Christ. 17For it is better, if it is God’s will, that you suffer for doing what is right than for doing evil.

Matthew 5:11

11“Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.