25 You could not possibly do such a thing: to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. You could not possibly do that! Won’t the Judge of all the earth do what is just?”(A)

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The God of Israel spoke;
the Rock of Israel said to me,
“The one who rules the people with justice,
who rules in the fear of God,(A)

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The God of Israel spoke,
    the Rock(A) of Israel said to me:
‘When one rules over people in righteousness,(B)
    when he rules in the fear(C) of God,(D)

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But if our unrighteousness highlights[a] God’s righteousness,(A) what are we to say?(B) I use a human argument:[b](C) Is God unrighteous to inflict wrath?

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 3:5 Or shows, or demonstrates
  2. Romans 3:5 Lit I speak as a man

But if our unrighteousness brings out God’s righteousness more clearly,(A) what shall we say? That God is unjust in bringing his wrath on us? (I am using a human argument.)(B)

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