Let God be True, But Every Man a Liar Romans 3:4

Paul the apostle asked the Jews in Rome, “For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?”, and in chapter three and verse four of Romans, Paul answered his question, “God forbid: yes, let God be true, but every man a liar” where we read:

God forbid: yes, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written,

That you might be justified in your sayings, and might overcome when you are judged.

The verse begins, “God forbid: yes, let God be true, but every man a liar;” Paul began with the word, “God” which refers to “the Godhead bodily and trinity which is comprised of God the Father, Christ the Son and the Holy Spirit” “forbid” or “never, not and in no way”: “yes” or “moreover and” “let God” which means “allow to arise, appear in history, come into existence, begin to be, receive being and to happen” “be true” or “be truth, speaking and loving the truth”, “but” which means “moreover and” “every man” or “each, all, the whole and everyone human whether male or female” “a liar” which means “one who breaks faith or a false and faithless man”. Paul told how “God” would never and no way allow His “faith” but be “without effect”, and that “God” would “speak and love the truth” while people were known to “break faith and be faithless”.

The verse goes on to say, “as it is written, That you might be justified in your sayings, and might overcome when you are judged.” Paul added the words, “as it is written” which means “in the manner that is delineated with letters on a tablet, parchment, paper or other material” “that you might” which means “so God would” “be justified” or “render, show, exhibit, evince as righteous or such as he ought to be” “in your sayings” or “within God's declarations, decrees, mandates and moral precepts”, “and might overcome” which means “and would conquer, carry off the victory and come off victorious over all His foes” “when you are judged” or “at the time when God would separate, put asunder, pick out, select, choose, approve, prefer, deem and think” . Paul shared how God's word would “show and exhibit” His “declarations” and “conquer and be victorious” over all at the time He “brings judgment”.

When we consider these words of Paul, we see Paul's answer “absolutely not and in no way” to his question as to whether “their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?” Just because people do not “believe” the “gospel” of God, it in no way “alters” “the faith of God”. God is “righteous”, and His word, the Bible, shall not only “justify” Him, but also demonstrate His “overcoming” power over all who are against Him. Jesus Christ desires for every person to know the Heavenly Father through “belief and trust” in Him. God will be “justified” and He shall “overcome”, and those who are wise shall align with Him while there is time to do so.

Next time Paul asked the people in Rome, “if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say?”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

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