Absolutely not!(A) Let God be true, even though everyone is a liar,(B) as it is written:

That you may be justified in your words
and triumph when you judge.[a](C)

But if our unrighteousness highlights[b] God’s righteousness,(D) what are we to say?(E) I am using a human argument:[c](F) Is God unrighteous to inflict wrath? Absolutely not! Otherwise, how will God judge the world?(G)

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Footnotes

  1. 3:4 Ps 51:4
  2. 3:5 Or shows, or demonstrates
  3. 3:5 Lit I speak as a man

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