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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Romans 3:4 - 3:4
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God forbid - literally, “Let it not be,” that is, “Away with such a thought” - a favorite expression of our apostle, when he would not only repudiate a supposed consequence of his doctrine, but express his abhorrence of it. “The Scriptures do not authorize such a use of God’s name as must have been common among the English translators of the Bible” [Hodge].
yea, let God be - held
true, and every man a liar - that is, even though it should follow from this that every man is a liar.
when thou art judged - so in Psa 51:4, according to the Septuagint; but in the Hebrew and in our version, “when thou judgest.” The general sentiment, however, is the same in both - that we are to vindicate the righteousness of God, at whatever expense to ourselves.