5. But if what we do wrong shows that God is fair, what should we say? Is God unfair when he vents his anger on us? (I’m arguing the way humans would.)
6. That’s unthinkable! Otherwise, how would God be able to judge the world?
7. If my lie increases the glory that God receives by showing that God is truthful, why am I still judged as a sinner?
8. Or can we say, “Let’s do evil so that good will come from it”? Some slander us and claim that this is what we say. They are condemned, and that’s what they deserve.
9. What, then, is the situation? Do we have any advantage? Not at all. We have already accused everyone (both Jews and Greeks) of being under the power of sin,
10. as Scripture says,“Not one person has God’s approval.
11. No one understands.No one searches for God.
12. Everyone has turned away.Together they have become rotten to the core.No one does anything good,not even one person.
13. Their throats are open graves.Their tongues practice deception.Their lips hide the venom of poisonous snakes.
14. Their mouths are full of curses and bitter resentment.
15. They run quickly to murder people.
16. There is ruin and suffering wherever they go.
17. They have not learned to live in peace.
18. They are not terrified of God.”
19. We know that whatever the Scriptures say applies to everyone under their influence, and no one can say a thing. The whole world is brought under the judgment of God.