Let God be true and every man be a liar, what do you think this means?

Question

Does it perhaps mean that God is Truth?

And anything spoken against the Truth,

Is a lie?

What do you think?

Answer 1

GOD is,,,He created all life,,,all matter,,,all truth.wether we approve, agree, or not, GOD has the ONLY right to set the rules. the sooner folks get this thru their heads the better off they will be. we are lucky that our GOD also desires a relationship with us. personally i wouldnt give us a second thought...we arent worth it...i would have wiped us all out of existance with the flood. GOD is far more merciful than any human on earth.

Answer 2

Yes. This Truth that God is and speaks of in His Word, is the whole Truth so help me God. So, let's not pick and choose which parts of God's Truth we like or agree with! If God is Truth, then His entire Word is truth. Amen.

Answer 3

Contextually, it speaks of those who were unfaithful to God's commands as though they were nullifying God's faithfulness.

Just as so many accusers here at Yahoo! Answers try to nullify God by the actions of His followers (or those who claim to be), Paul was speaking of the Jews who had rejected Christ.

Later, as Paul continues his discourse, he presents a human argument saying (again, like they do here) that if our sinfulness results in God being glorified, why should we get blamed?

The point is this: God is righteous and faithful. Our lack of righteousness and unfaithfulness doesn't change anything about God. If it did, God would be a liar.

How did God describe Himself to man? If we look in Exodus 34:6-7, we see: "The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished...."

Answer 4

Yes. Anything that contradicts the word of God (as in the bible) is untrue.

Answer 5

It means I am in the position to "let" god be true or not.

And for Esther: Since the Bible contradicts the Bible, what does that make the Bible?

Answer 6

Yes. "Beliefs" are lies! The only way to know truth[God] is with direct experience all others are beliefs.

Answer 7

Yes. God is true and the Promises He made to mankind we must protect, even if all men must be called liars because of their unbelief.
The point that Paul is making is that God gave the Holy Scriptures to the Jews (Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.) Then in verse 3 Paul says that if men do not believe, will their unbelief make the Faith of God of no effect or powerless. Verse 4 Paul says God forbid that their unbelief would destroy the Faith in God and His ability to save us. Paul says let or allow God to be true and these unbelieving men liars. Trust in God no matter what man says because man has no Power to Save you. Men can only tear down but not build up, without Faith.

Romans 3:1 What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? 2 Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God. 3 For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? 4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged. 5 But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man) 6 God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world? 7 For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner? 8 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. 9 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; 10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: 11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. 12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. 13 Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: 14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: 15 Their feet are swift to shed blood: 16 Destruction and misery are in their ways: 17 And the way of peace have they not known: 18 There is no fear of God before their eyes. 19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. 20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. 21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; 22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: 23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; 24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: 25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; 26 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. 27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith. 28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law. 29 Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also: 30 Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith. 31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.

Answer 8

it means we should not further investigate on gods trough science and giving us more question than answers, not that I'm opposing to

Answer 9

I think it means that the speaker had a screw loose. Or, perhaps several.

Answer 10

i think it means the when people say "god is real!" they are lying! lying!!! lying!!!