3 What if some were unfaithful? Will their infidelity nullify the fidelity of God?
4 Of course not! God must be true, though every human being is a liar, as it is written:“That you may be justified in your words,and conquer when you are judged.”
5 But if our wickedness provides proof of God’s righteousness, what can we say? Is God unjust, humanly speaking, to inflict his wrath?
6 Of course not! For how else is God to judge the world?
7 But if God’s truth redounds to his glory through my falsehood, why am I still being condemned as a sinner?
8 And why not say—as we are accused and as some claim we say—that we should do evil that good may come of it? Their penalty is what they deserve.
9 Well, then, are we better off? Not entirely, for we have already brought the charge against Jews and Greeks alike that they are all under the domination of sin,