Modern Translations New International Version"But if, in seeking to be justified in Christ, we Jews find ourselves also among the sinners, doesn't that mean that Christ promotes sin? Absolutely not! New Living Translation But suppose we seek to be made right with God through faith in Christ and then we are found guilty because we have abandoned the law. Would that mean Christ has led us into sin? Absolutely not! English Standard Version But if, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ, we too were found to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not! Berean Study Bible But if, while we seek to be justified in Christ, we ourselves are found to be sinners, does that make Christ a minister of sin? Certainly not! New American Standard Bible But if, while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves have also been found sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Far from it! NASB 1995 "But if, while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves have also been found sinners, is Christ then a minister of sin? May it never be! NASB 1977 “But if, while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves have also been found sinners, is Christ then a minister of sin? May it never be! Amplified Bible But if, while we seek to be justified in Christ [by faith], we ourselves are found to be sinners, does that make Christ an advocate or promoter of our sin? Certainly not! Christian Standard Bible But if we ourselves are also found to be “sinners” while seeking to be justified by Christ, is Christ then a promoter of sin? Absolutely not! Holman Christian Standard Bible But if we ourselves are also found to be "sinners" while seeking to be justified by Christ, is Christ then a promoter of sin? Absolutely not! Contemporary English Version When we Jews started looking for a way to please God, we discovered that we are sinners too. Does this mean that Christ is the one who makes us sinners? No, it doesn't! Good News Translation If, then, as we try to be put right with God by our union with Christ, we are found to be sinners, as much as the Gentiles are--does this mean that Christ is serving the cause of sin? By no means! GOD'S WORD® Translation If we, the same people who are searching for God's approval in Christ, are still sinners, does that mean that Christ encourages us to sin? That's unthinkable! International Standard Version Now if we, while trying to be justified by the Messiah, have been found to be sinners, does that mean that the Messiah is serving the interests of sin? Of course not! NET Bible But if while seeking to be justified in Christ we ourselves have also been found to be sinners, is Christ then one who encourages sin? Absolutely not! Classic Translations King James BibleBut if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid. New King James Version “But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is Christ therefore a minister of sin? Certainly not! King James 2000 Bible But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid. New Heart English Bible But if, while we sought to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is Christ a servant of sin? Certainly not. World English Bible But if, while we sought to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is Christ a servant of sin? Certainly not! American King James Version But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid. American Standard Version But if, while we sought to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is Christ a minister of sin? God forbid. A Faithful Version Now then, if we are seeking to be justified in Christ, and we ourselves are found to be sinners, is Christ then the minister of sin? MAY IT NEVER BE! Darby Bible Translation Now if in seeking to be justified in Christ we also have been found sinners, then [is] Christ minister of sin? Far be the thought. English Revised Version But if, while we sought to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is Christ a minister of sin? God forbid. Webster's Bible Translation But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? By no means. Early Modern Geneva Bible of 1587If then while we seeke to be made righteous by Christ, we our selues are found sinners, is Christ therefore the minister of sinne? God forbid. Bishops' Bible of 1568 If then, whyle we seke to be made ryghteous by Christe, we our selues are founde sinners: is therfore Christe the minister of sinne? God forbyd. Coverdale Bible of 1535 Yf we then which seke to be made righteous by christ, shulde be yet founde synners or selues, is not Christ then the mynister of synne? God forbyd. Tyndale Bible of 1526 Yf then whill we seke to be made rightewes by Christ we oure selves are founde synners is not then Christ ye minister of synne? God forbyd. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd if, seeking to be declared righteous in Christ, we were also ourselves found sinners, [is] Christ then a servant of sin? Let it not be! Berean Literal Bible But if seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also have been found sinners, is Christ then a minister of sin? Never may it be! Young's Literal Translation And if, seeking to be declared righteous in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is then Christ a ministrant of sin? let it not be! Smith's Literal Translation And it; seeking to be justified in Christ, we were found also ourselves sinners, is Christ therefore the servant of sin? It may not be. Literal Emphasis Translation But if, seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves have been found sinners, is then Christ a minister of sin? May it never be! Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleBut if while we seek to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners; is Christ then the minister of sin? God forbid. Catholic Public Domain Version But if, while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves are also found to be sinners, would then Christ be the minister of sin? Let it not be so! Translations from Aramaic Aramaic Bible in Plain EnglishBut if when we seek to be made right by The Messiah, we are found to be sinners, is then Yeshua the Minister of sin? God forbid! Lamsa Bible But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore our LORD Jesus Christ a minister of sin? Far be it. NT Translations Anderson New TestamentBut if, while we seek to be justified in Christ, we ourselves are also found sinners, is Christ, therefore, the minister of sin? It can not be. Godbey New Testament But if seeking to be justified in Christ, we may also be found sinners, then is Christ the minister of sin? it could not be so. Haweis New Testament For if seeking to be justified by Christ, we also ourselves should be found sinners, is Christ then a minister of sin? God forbid. Mace New Testament Now if it be a sin to seek for justification by Christ, then is Christ the minister of sin, which cannot be. Weymouth New Testament But if while we are seeking in Christ acquittal from guilt we ourselves are convicted of sin, Christ then encourages us to sin! No, indeed. Worrell New Testament But, if while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is, then, Christ a minister of sin? It could not be! Worsley New Testament But if while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is Christ therefore the minister of sin?     |