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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.
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A Slander Against Grace
Commentators explain that Paul is refuting a slanderous accusation. His teaching that God's grace abounds even more where sin is great was being twisted by opponents to mean he advocated for sinning so that good (God's glory) could result. Paul dismisses this as a monstrous perversion of his message.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And not rather. This is the answer of the apostle. He meets the objection by showing its tendency if carried out, and if it were …
And why not (κα μη). We have a tangled sentence which can be cleared up in two ways. One is (Lightfoot) to supply γενητα after μη …
19th Century
Anglican
And not rather.—And (why should we) not (say), as some people slanderously affirm that we say, Let us do evil that good may co…
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Baptist
For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory, why yet am I also judged as a sinner? And not rather, (as we be sland…
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
And not, etc. This is an elliptical sentence, in which a word is to be understood. It will be complete if you read it this way—"a…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And not rather, as we be slanderously reported These are the apostle's own words, in answer to the objector he repre…
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…
