Catholic Public Domain Version
"And should we not do evil, so that good may result? For so we have been slandered, and so some have claimed we said; their condemnation is just. "
— Romans 3:8, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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.”
“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. ”
“Why not (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), "Let us do evil, that good may come?" Those who say so are justly condemned.”
“And why not say,“Let us do evil so that good may come of it”?– as some who slander us allege that we say.(Their condemnation is deserved!)”
“And not rather (as we are slandered and as some affirm that we say) let us do evil that there may come good? Whose damnation is just.”
“Let us not do evil so that good may come (a statement which we are falsely said by some to have made), because such behaviour will have its right punishment.”
“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.”
But if even our injustice points to the justice of God, what shall we say? Could God be unfair for inflicting wrath?
(I am speaking in human terms.) Let it not be so! Otherwise, how would God judge this world?
For if the truth of God has abounded, through my falseness, unto his glory, why should I still be judged as such a sinner?
And should we not do evil, so that good may result? For so we have been slandered, and so some have claimed we said; their condemnation is just.
What is next? Should we try to excel ahead of them? By no means! For we have accused all Jews and Greeks to be under sin,
just as it was written: “There is no one who is just.
There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks God.