Through my lie (εν τω εμω ψευσματ). ] Old word from ψευδομα, to lie, only here in N.T. Paul returns to the imaginary objection in …

For if, etc. This is an objection similar to the former. It is indeed just another form of the same.

The truth of God. His…

The truth of God.—In the first instance, His veracity as involved in His threats and promises, and then those other attributes, es…

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…

The supposition that human wrong could serve to display the righteousness of God was probably suggested to Paul in his quoting of Ps 51. Is it not …

If indeed the truth of God, etc. This objection, I have no doubt, is presented as if spoken by an ungodly person; for it…

For if the truth of God
The "truth of God" is the same with "the righteousness of God", (Romans 3:5), an…

The law could not save them in their sins, nor from their sins, yet it gave the Jews advantages for obtaining salvation. Their prescribed ordinance…

1. After showing that Judaism—which involved receiving the law and circumcision—is not sufficient for salvation without observing the law, h…