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Romans 3:5 Cross-References
Explore 20 cross-references for Romans 3:5 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Romans chapter 3 verse 5 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)”
Romans 3:5 (KJV)
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Commentary on Romans 3:5
But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? A third objection: if human sin highlights (synistēsin, συνίστησιν, "commends/demonstrates") divine righteousness by contrast, is God unjust (adikos, ἄδικος) to punish us? Paul adds kata anthrōpon legō (κατὰ ἄνθρωπον λέγω, "I speak as a man")—this is flawed human reasoning, not Paul's position.The term orgēn (ὀργήν, "vengeance/wrath") refers to God's settled, righteous opposition to sin, not capricious anger. The objection reveals the moral bankruptcy of fallen reasoning: if...
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Cross-References for Romans 3:5
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“for as you presented your members as servants to uncleanness and to wickedness upon wickedness”
“speaking of human terms”
“revelation”
“Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?”
“he has mercy on whom he desires”
“I wouldn't have known sin”
“and he maintains wrath against his enemies.”
“our forefather”
“even I”
“that grace may abound?”