Romans 3:7 (LSB)

Passage

But if through my lie the truth of God abounded to His glory, why am I also still being judged as a sinner?

Nearby Context

Romans 3:5 But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is the God who inflicts wrath unrighteous? (I am speaking in human terms.)

Romans 3:6 May it never be! For otherwise, how will God judge the world?

Romans 3:7 But if through my lie the truth of God abounded to His glory, why am I also still being judged as a sinner?

Romans 3:8 And why not say (as we are slanderously reported and as some claim that we say), “Let us do evil that good may come”? Their condemnation is just.

Romans 3:9 What then? Are we better? Not at all; for we have already charged that both Jews and Greeks are all under sin;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "through", "truth", "abounded", "glory", "still", "judged", and "sinner". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "through" and "truth", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "May it never be For otherwise how..." into verse 8's "And why not say as we are...", so "through" and "truth" belong inside that flow. In Romans context, the local focus is righteousness by faith, union with Christ, life in the Spirit, and God's covenant faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "through" and "truth" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.