Romans 3:7 (YLT)

Passage

for if the truth of God in my falsehood did more abound to His glory, why yet am I also as a sinner judged?

Nearby Context

Romans 3:5 And, 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)

Romans 3:6 let it not be! since how shall God judge the world?

Romans 3:7 for if the truth of God in my falsehood did more abound to His glory, why yet am I also as a sinner judged?

Romans 3:8 and 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.

Romans 3:9 What, then? are we better? not at all! for we did before charge both Jews and Greeks with being all under sin,

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "let it not be since how shall..." into verse 8's "and not as we are evil spoken...", so "truth" and "falsehood" 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 "truth" and "falsehood" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.