Romans 3:3-5

God's Righteousness Upheld

3 z What if some were unfaithful? a Does their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God?

4 By no means! b Let God be true though c every one were a liar, as it is written,
d "That you may be justified in your words,
and prevail when you e are judged."

5 But if our unrighteousness serves to show the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unrighteous to inflict f wrath on us? ( g I speak in a human way.)

  1. Cross References
    Romans 10:16
    But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?
    Hebrews 4:2
    For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened.
  2. Cross References
    Romans 9:6
    But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel.
    2 Timothy 2:13
    If we are faithless, he remains faithful - for he cannot deny himself.
  3. Cross References
    John 8:26
    I have much to say about you and much to judge, but he who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him.
  4. Cross References
    Psalms 62:9
    Those of low estate are but a breath; those of high estate are a delusion; in the balances they go up; they are together lighter than a breath.
    Psalms 116:11
    I said in my alarm, "All mankind are liars.
    Romans 3:7
    But if through my lie God's truth abounds to his glory, why am I still being condemned as a sinner?
  5. Cross References
    Psalms 51:4
    Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment.
  6. Cross References
    Job 9:32
    For he is not a man, as I am, that I might answer him, that we should come to trial together.
  7. Cross References
    Psalms 51:4
    Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment.
  8. Cross References
    Romans 2:5
    But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.
  9. Cross References
    Romans 6:19
    I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.
    1 Corinthians 9:8
    Do I say these things on human authority? Does not the Law say the same?
    Galatians 3:15
    To give a human example, brothers: even with a man-made covenant, no one annuls it or adds to it once it has been ratified.
    1 Corinthians 15:32
    What do I gain if, humanly speaking, I fought with beasts at Ephesus? If the dead are not raised, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.
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