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Romans 3:8
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Romans 3:8
8And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.
8And not rather as wee be slanderously reported, and as some affirme that we say, Let vs doe euill, that good may come: whose damnation is iust.
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Romans 3:8
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slanderously
By a false and malicious report or accusation.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Told, related, announced, or commonly said.
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To make firm; to establish, confirm or ratify.
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To speak, declare, tell, or express; also what is said.
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To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
That which is right, beneficial, pleasing, useful, or morally upright.
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Condemnation or adverse judgment; the passage determines the punishment in view.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
In a moral sense, upright; honest; having principles of rectitude; or conforming exactly to the laws, and to principles of rectitude in social conduct; equitable in the distribution of justice.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
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From verse 8
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Open the full verse study1WHAT shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
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Open the full verse study15What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
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Open the full verse study20Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
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Open the full verse study7What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
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Open the full verse study16Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.
17For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
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Open the full verse study4For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Open the full verse study11Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
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