I need help understanding Romans chapter 3?

Question

Romans 3:5 talks about how our injustice serves to confirm the justice of God. And 3:7 says "if through my falsehood God's truthfulness abounds..."

I'm lost. How does God's truthfulness abound because of my falsehood? Or how does God's justice abound because of my injustice?

I'm not 100% sure Paul is saying that anyway. He may be saying that's what others are saying. I don't know. I'm confused. If you can explain it to me, I'd appreciate it!

Thanks.

Answer 1

The thrust of Romans 3 is this: Although, the Jews might have faith it is not enough to gain salvation because they do not accept Jesus as the means of salvation. You will have a different interpretation of verse 7 if you keep this in mind.

Here is a more precise commentary on chapter 3.

These verses provide a clear statement of Paul's "gospel," i.e., the principle of justification by faith in Christ. God has found a means of rescuing humanity from its desperate plight: Paul's general term for this divine initiative is the righteousness of God (Romans 3:21). Divine mercy declares the guilty innocent and makes them so. God does this not as a result of the law but apart from it (Romans 3:21), and not because of any merit in human beings but through forgiveness of their sins (Romans 3:24), in virtue of the redemption wrought in Christ Jesus for all who believe (Romans 3:22, 24-25). God has manifested his righteousness in the coming of Jesus Christ, whose saving activity inaugurates a new era in human history.

Peace and every blessing!

Answer 2

If you look around the world you see much injustice, falsehood and outright lies. So Paul is using this comparison to Glorify the true God.For his justice is perfect for He can read the hearth and he renders to each one of us according to our deeds.The scriptures say that God cannot lie,but every man is a lieir

Answer 3

Paul is writing arguments that people had used when he was preaching the gospel and refuting them. Paul had a problem with Jewish legalists who thought that by teaching that Jesus had paid for all of our sins then people could act however they wanted and not worry about it. He also had a problem with people who would turn the grace of Christ into disgrace by actually practicing what his Jewish critics feared that he was teaching. Look how Paul sums up what he was writing about in chapter 6.

Romans 6:1 What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? 2 By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it?

Answer 4

What Paul is pointing out here is that regardless of what man thinks or does against God or His word, that although many have ignorantly (and to their own shame) claimed that God's judgement is unjust because they think they're "good people" even though they don't believe in or obey God, they will still be judged according to God's righteousness. You read alot of this in here. Alot of people think that just because they're "good" outside of God's word that somehow then God's word is unneccessay to doing good, and that therefore God is unjust in calling them sinful. It's that old, "I'm an atheist and I don't need to believe in God or His word to know not to commit murder, rape, or any other wrong thing." This way, it appears to a weaker mind that neither God nor His Word are neccessary in our daily lives. Another of Satan's subtle whisperings to those who are perishing.

Answer 5

God is faithful even when we are not. Thus his fulfilling his promise to us is not dependent on our good works. This magnifies God's glory. At the same time, it does not justify our doing wrong, or doing wrong so that God may somehow be "more" glorified.

A good theological term dealing with this issue: antinomianism
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01564b.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antinomianism

Answer 6

heron.... hi listen Paul was given revelation when he was killed the first time and taken to heaven by JESUS CHRIST , JESUS GAVE HIM THE GOSPEL OF SALVATION SURELY IT WAS THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT GIVES HIM THE KNOWLEDGE OF ALL THAT IS HIDDEN IN THE SCRIPTURES....... listen Paul was a christian hater ,,, so GOD ALMIGHTY TRUTHFULNESS was given to PAUL so that he being nothing GLORIFIED GOD IN TRUTH AND The same with GOD JUSTICE ..... heron you have to believe in THE PRECIOUS WORD OF GOD AND YOU WILL NOT BE CONFUSS.... everything PAUL says its of GOD ,,WHY? CAUSE HE HAD THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE HOLY SPIRIT ITS THE ONE THAT TELLS YOU WHAT TO SAY AND RIGHT AND WHO GIVES YOU THE HOLY SPIRIT?JESUS MY LORD AND GOD HE SAYS IN THE BOOK OF ACTS READ IT...... JOHN THE BAPTIZE ,,,, BAPTIZE YOU WITH WATER FOR REPENTANCE ... BUT I WILL BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT..... HE WILL TELL WHAT TO SAY......AND WHERE DOES THE HOLY SPIRIT COME FROM .... GOD ALMIGHTY .... there is so much to learn heron just read the WORD OF GOD and ask HIM to reveal to you THE TRUTH ....

Answer 7

It just means that Gods righteousness is not dependent upon our own righteousness.That God is just and righteos no matter what any of us do.