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Certainly not! For then how will God judge the world?
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God's Role as Judge
Commentators explain that Paul's primary argument is a powerful rhetorical question. He appeals to a truth his audience already accepted: God will judge the world. Since the role of a judge requires perfect justice, the very fact of God's future judgment proves He cannot be unjust. This foundational truth silences the objection.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
God forbid.
For then. If it is admitted that it would be unjust for God to inflict punishment.
How shall God
For then how (επε πως). There is a suppressed condition between επε and πως, an idiom occurring several times in the N.T. ([Refere…
19th Century
Anglican
For then how shall God judge the world?—St. Paul considers it a sufficient answer merely to propound this question. He an…
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Baptist
(I speak as a man) God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world? for if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory…
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 …
16th Century
Protestant
By no means, etc. In checking this blasphemy, he does not give a direct reply to the objection but begins by expressing his abhor…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
God forbid, for then how shall God judge the world ? (hlylx) , "far be it"; such a notion is …
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…
13th Century
Catholic
1. After showing that Judaism—which involved receiving the law and circumcision—is not sufficient for salvation without observing the law, h…