3for what, if certain were faithless? shall their faithlessness the faithfulness of god make useless?
4let it not be! and let God become true, and every man false, according as it hath been written, `That Thou mayest be declared righteous in Thy words, and mayest overcome in Thy being judged.`
5And, if our unrighteousness God`s righteousness doth establish, what shall we say? is God unrighteous who is inflicting the wrath? (after the manner of a man I speak)
6let it not be! since how shall God judge the world?
7for if the truth of God in my falsehood did more abound to His glory, why yet am I also as a sinner judged?
8and not, as we are evil spoken of, and as certain affirm us to say -- `We may do the evil things, that the good ones may come?` whose judgment is righteous.
9What, then? are we better? not at all! for we did before charge both Jews and Greeks with being all under sin,
