God Remains Faithful

3 What, then, [is] the advantage of [being] a Jew? Or what [is] the value of circumcision? 2 Much in every way. First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words[fn] of God.

3 What if some did not have faith? {Will} their lack of faith nullify God’s faithfulness? 4 Certainly not! {Let} God be true and every man a liar. As it is written:

“So that You may be proved right when You speak

and victorious when You judge.”[fn]

5 But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? [That] God [is] unjust to inflict [His] wrath [on us]? I am speaking in human terms. 6 Certainly not! In that case, how {could} God judge the world? 7 For[fn] if my falsehood accentuates God’s truthfulness, to the increase of His glory, why {am} I still condemned as a sinner? 8 [Why] not [say], as some slanderously claim [that] we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!