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The Book of Romans, Chapter 3, Verse 8

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For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?
King James Version
And 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.
American Standard Version
and why not (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), Let us do evil, that good may come? whose condemnation is just.
New English Translation
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
World English Bible
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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What then? are we better [than they]? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;
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As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
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There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
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They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
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Their throat [is] an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps [is] under their lips:
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Whose mouth [is] full of cursing and bitterness:
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Their feet [are] swift to shed blood:
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Destruction and misery [are] in their ways:
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And the way of peace have they not known:
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There is no fear of God before their eyes.