Rom 3:4-5, 9:14, Jam 1:13 | ESV | STEP | By no means ! Let God be true though every one were a liar , as it is written , That you may be justified in your words , and prevail when you are judged .

cCited from Ps. 51:4 (Gk.)

f ch. 6:19; 1 Cor. 9:8; Gal. 3:15; [1 Cor. 15:32]

g Deut. 32:4; 2 Chr. 19:7; Job 8:3; 34:10; Ps. 92:15

Romans 3:4-5

4 By no means! ^aLet God be true though ^bevery one were a liar, as it is written,

^c“That you may be justified in your words,
and prevail when you ^dare judged.”
5 But if our unrighteousness serves to show the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unrighteous to inflict ^ewrath on us? ( ^fI speak in a human way.)

Romans 9:14

14 What shall we say then? ^gIs there injustice on God’s part? By no means!

James 1:13

13 Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one.