ROMANS 3:4

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.”

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Romans 3:4 Translation & Meaning

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KJV Verse Original Greek Meaning/ Definition
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God forbid: γένοιτο· To cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.) God forbid
yea, δὲ But, and, etc yea
let γινέσθω To cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.) let
God θεὸς A deity, especially (with G3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by Hebraism) God
be γινέσθω To cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.) be
true, ἀληθής True (as not concealing) true
but δὲ But, and, etc but
every πᾶς All, any, every, the whole every
man ἄνθρωπος Man-faced, i.e., a human being man
a liar; ψεύστης A falsifier liar
as καθὼς Just (or inasmuch) as, that as
it is written, γέγραπται To "grave", especially to write; figuratively, to describe written
That Ὅπως What(-ever) how, i.e., in the manner that (as adverb or conjunction of coincidence, intentional or actual) That
thou mightest be justified δικαιωθῇς To render (i.e., show or regard as) just or innocent mightest justified
in ἐν "in," at, (up-)on, by, etc in
thy σου Of thee, thy thy
sayings, λόγοις Something said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, (with the article in John) the Divine Expression (i.e., Christ) sayings
and καὶ And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words and
mightest overcome νικήσῃς To subdue (literally or figuratively) mightest overcome
when ἐν "in," at, (up-)on, by, etc when
thou σε Thee thou
art judged. κρίνεσθαί By implication, to try, condemn, punish art judged

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  • 2  Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.

  • 3  For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?

  • 4  God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

  • 5  But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)

  • 6  God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?




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