Romans 3:8
Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!
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ASV
and why not (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), Let us do evil, that good may come? whose condemnation is just.
KJV
And 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.
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Commentary
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23 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| καὶ | kai | And | G2532 → |
| μὴ | mē | surely | G3361 → |
| καθὼς | kathōs | even as | G2531 → |
| βλασφημούμεθα | blasphēmoumetha | we are denigrated | G987 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| καθώς | kathōs | even as | G2531 → |
| φασίν | phasin | affirm | G5346 → |
| τινες | tines | some [that] | G5100 → |
| ἡμᾶς | hēmas | we | G3165 → |
| λέγειν | legein | to say | G3004 → |
| ὅτι | hoti | that | G3754 → |
| ποιήσωμεν | poiēsōmen | Let us do | G4160 → |
| τὰ | ta | the [things] | G3588 → |
| κακὰ | kaka | evil | G2556 → |
| ἵνα | ina | that | G2443 → |
| ἔλθῃ | elthē | may come | G2064 → |
| τὰ | ta | the | G3588 → |
| ἀγαθά; | agatha | good things? | G18 → |
| ὧν | hōn | Their | G3739 → |
| τὸ | to | <the> | G3588 → |
| κρίμα | krima | condemnation | G2917 → |
| ἔνδικόν | endikon | just | G1738 → |
| ἐστιν.¶ | estin | is. | G1510 → |
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