Romans 3:8

World English Bible (2000)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Rom 6:1 : 1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
  • Rom 6:15 : 15 What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? May it never be!
  • Rom 7:7 : 7 What 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."
  • 1 Pet 3:16-17 : 16 having a good conscience; that, while you are spoken against as evildoers, they may be disappointed who curse your good way of life in Christ. 17 For it is better, if it is God's will, that you suffer for doing well than for doing evil.
  • Jude 1:4 : 4 For 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.
  • Matt 5:11 : 11 "Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
  • Rom 5:20 : 20 The law came in besides, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace abounded more exceedingly;

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    7Now I pray to God that you do no evil; not that we may appear approved, but that you may do that which is honorable, though we are as reprobate.

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