Romans 3:4
New Testament • 15 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
חָלִילָה
châlîylâh
literal fora profaned thing; used (interj.) far be it!
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
אֶמֶת
ʼemeth
stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
שֶׁקֶר
sheqer
an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
כָּתַב
kâthab
to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
צָדַק
tsâdaq
to be (causatively, make) right (in a moral or forensic sense)
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
שָׁפַט
shâphaṭ
to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literall...
Key Terms in This Verse
דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →חָלִילָה châlîylâh
literal fora profaned thing; used (interj.) far be it!
Study H2486 →צָדַק tsâdaq
to be (causatively, make) right (in a moral or forensic sense)
Study H6663 →שָׁפַט shâphaṭ
to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively)
Study H8199 →כָּתַב kâthab
to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
Study H3789 →Cross References
Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.
I said in my haste, All men are liars.
But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid.
That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.
I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.
And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man...
What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.
Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.
Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.
I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.
But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.
What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
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