Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world? New Living Translation Of course not! If God were not entirely fair, how would he be qualified to judge the world? English Standard Version By no means! For then how could God judge the world? Berean Standard Bible Certainly not! In that case, how could God judge the world? Berean Literal Bible Never may it be! Otherwise, how will God judge the world? King James Bible God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world? New King James Version Certainly not! For then how will God judge the world? New American Standard Bible Far from it! For otherwise, how will God judge the world? NASB 1995 May it never be! For otherwise, how will God judge the world? NASB 1977 May it never be! For otherwise how will God judge the world? Legacy Standard Bible May it never be! For otherwise, how will God judge the world? Amplified Bible Certainly not! For otherwise, how will God judge the world? Christian Standard Bible Absolutely not! Otherwise, how will God judge the world? Holman Christian Standard Bible Absolutely not! Otherwise, how will God judge the world? American Standard Version God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world? Contemporary English Version But the answer is, "No." Otherwise, how could God judge the world? English Revised Version God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world? GOD'S WORD® Translation That's unthinkable! Otherwise, how would God be able to judge the world? Good News Translation By no means! If God is not just, how can he judge the world? International Standard Version Of course not! Otherwise, how could God judge the world? Majority Standard Bible Certainly not! In that case, how could God judge the world? NET Bible Absolutely not! For otherwise how could God judge the world? New Heart English Bible Absolutely not. For then how will God judge the world? Webster's Bible Translation By no means: for then how shall God judge the world? Weymouth New Testament No indeed; for in that case how shall He judge all mankind?) World English Bible May it never be! For then how will God judge the world? Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionLet it not be! Since how will God judge the world? Berean Literal Bible Never may it be! Otherwise, how will God judge the world? Young's Literal Translation let it not be! since how shall God judge the world? Smith's Literal Translation It may not be: for how shall God judge the world. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims Bible(I speak according to man.) God forbid: otherwise how shall God judge this world? Catholic Public Domain Version (I am speaking in human terms.) Let it not be so! Otherwise, how would God judge this world? New American Bible Of course not! For how else is God to judge the world? New Revised Standard Version By no means! For then how could God judge the world? Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleFar be it: for then how could God judge the world? Aramaic Bible in Plain English God forbid! Otherwise, how will God judge the universe? NT Translations Anderson New TestamentIt can not be: for if so, how shall God judge the world? Godbey New Testament It could not be so: then how will God judge the world? Haweis New Testament God forbid: for how then shall God judge the world? Mace New Testament not at all: for then how could God judge the world? Weymouth New Testament No indeed; for in that case how shall He judge all mankind?) Worrell New Testament It could not be! for, then, how shall God judge the world? Worsley New Testament for then how shall God judge the world? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context God Remains Faithful…5But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict His wrath on us? I am speaking in human terms. 6 Certainly not! In that case, how could God judge the world? 7However, if my falsehood accentuates God’s truthfulness, to the increase of His glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner?… Cross References Psalm 51:4 Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge. Genesis 18:25 Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?” Job 8:3 Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right? Job 34:12 Indeed, it is true that God does not act wickedly, and the Almighty does not pervert justice. Deuteronomy 32:4 He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He. 2 Chronicles 19:7 And now, may the fear of the LORD be upon you. Be careful what you do, for with the LORD our God there is no injustice or partiality or bribery.” Psalm 9:8 He judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity. Psalm 96:13 before the LORD, for He is coming—He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in His faithfulness. Psalm 98:9 before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity. Isaiah 11:4 but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips. Acts 17:31 For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.” 2 Thessalonians 1:5-6 All this is clear evidence of God’s righteous judgment. And so you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering. / After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you, Revelation 19:11 Then I saw heaven standing open, and there before me was a white horse. And its rider is called Faithful and True. With righteousness He judges and wages war. Romans 2:5 But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed. Romans 2:16 on the day when God will judge men’s secrets through Christ Jesus, as proclaimed by my gospel. Treasury of Scripture God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world? God forbid. Romans 3:4 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. for then. Genesis 18:25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? Job 8:3 Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice? Job 34:17-19 Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just? … Jump to Previous Able Case Far Forbid Indeed Judge Mankind Means Otherwise Thought Way WorldJump to Next Able Case Far Forbid Indeed Judge Mankind Means Otherwise Thought Way WorldRomans 3 1. The Jews prerogative;3. which they have not lost; 9. howbeit the law convinces them also of sin; 20. therefore no one is justified by the law; 28. but all, without difference, by faith, only; 31. and yet the law is not abolished. Certainly not! This phrase is a strong negation in the Greek, "μὴ γένοιτο" (mē genoito), which is often translated as "God forbid" in other versions. It is an emphatic rejection of the idea that God could be unrighteous. Paul uses this expression to dismiss any notion that contradicts God's nature. Historically, this reflects the Jewish understanding of God's holiness and justice, which is foundational to the faith. The phrase underscores the impossibility of God acting contrary to His righteous character. In that case how could God judge the world? The way in which Bishop Butler deals with the argument from necessity is very similar to this, substituting only present for future judgment. "It is fact that God does govern even brute creatures by the method of rewards and punishments in the natural course of things. And men are rewarded and punished for their actions--punished for actions mischievous to society as being so, punished for vicious actions as such--by the natural instrumentality of each other under the present conduct of Providence," &c. Hence the necessitarian is in this dilemma: either his opinion is not true, or else it must be capable of being harmonised with these facts. The facts themselves are postulated. Greek Absolutely not!γένοιτο (genoito) Verb - Aorist Optative Middle - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1096: A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude. In that case, ἐπεὶ (epei) Conjunction Strong's 1893: Of time: when, after; of cause: since, because; otherwise: else. From epi and ei; thereupon, i.e. Since. how πῶς (pōs) Adverb Strong's 4459: Adverb from the base of pou; an interrogative particle of manner; in what way?; also as exclamation, how much! {could} God Θεὸς (Theos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. judge κρινεῖ (krinei) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 2919: Properly, to distinguish, i.e. Decide; by implication, to try, condemn, punish. the τὸν (ton) Article - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. world? κόσμον (kosmon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 2889: Probably from the base of komizo; orderly arrangement, i.e. Decoration; by implication, the world (morally). 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