God's Righteousness Upheld
But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man) Rom 3:5
But
if our... Questions 14-20. Next, Rom. 3:27.
If
our sins magnify the mercy and goodness of God, then the more wicked
we are the more God can be glorified. If we thus glorify God, would
He not be unjust in casting us off? It is only natural for me to
reason this way for all my countrymen and I are involved.
The
apostle then pursued his argument with additional questions. The
first is, What shall we say to the idea that the Jews’
unrighteousness served to accentuate God’s righteousness? Could
they conclude that God’s wrath on Jews is therefore unjust? Paul
immediately interjected, I am using a human argument, and responded
with the answer, Certainly not! (mē
genoito,
the same response as in Rom. 3:4; cf. Rom. 3:31).
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