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Romans 3:4

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For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?	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.	But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? [Is] God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

God forbid^{G3361 G1096}: yea^G1161, let^G1096 God^G2316 be^G1096 true^G227, but^G1161 every^G3956 man^G444 a liar^G5583; as^G2531 it is written^G1125, That^G3704 thou mightest^G302 be justified^G1344 in^G1722 thy^G4675 sayings^G3056, and^G2532 mightest overcome^G3528 when^G1722 thou^G4571 art judged^G2919.

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Original Greek

μὴ γένοιτο· γινέσθω δὲ ὁ Θεὸς ἀληθής, πᾶς δὲ ἄνθρωπος ψεύστης, καθὼς γέγραπται, Ὅπως ἂν δικαιωθῇς ἐν τοῖς λόγοις σου, καὶ νικήσῃς ἐν τῷ κρίνεσθαί σε.

Greek	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
μὴ	mē	G3361	PRT-N	God forbid
γένοιτο·	genoito	G1096	V-2ADO-3S
γινέσθω	ginesthō	G1096	V-PNM-3S	let be
δὲ	de	G1161	CONJ	yea
ὁ	ho	G3588	T-NSM	*
Θεὸς	Theos	G2316	N-NSM	God
ἀληθής,	alēthēs	G227	A-NSM	true
πᾶς	pas	G3956	A-NSM	every
δὲ	de	G1161	CONJ	but
ἄνθρωπος	anthrōpos	G444	N-NSM	man
ψεύστης,	pseustēs	G5583	N-NSM	a liar
καθὼς	kathōs	G2531	ADV	as
γέγραπται,	gegraptai	G1125	V-RPI-3S	it is written
Ὅπως	Hopōs	G3704	ADV	That
ἂν	an	G302	PRT	thou mightest
δικαιωθῇς	dikaiōthēs	G1344	V-APS-2S	be justified
ἐν	en	G1722	PREP	in
τοῖς	tois	G3588	T-DPM	*
λόγοις	logois	G3056	N-DPM	sayings
σου,	sou	G4675	P-2GS	thy
καὶ	kai	G2532	CONJ	and
νικήσῃς	nikēsēs	G3528	V-AAS-2S	mightest overcome
ἐν	en	G1722	PREP	when
τῷ	tō	G3588	T-DSN	*
κρίνεσθαί	krinesthai	G2919	V-PPN	art judged
σε.	se	G4571	P-2AS	thou

Source: Textus Receptus (Scrivener 1894)

Strong's References

• G227 — ἀληθής (alēthḗs, al-ay-thace'): unconcealed, true — from Α (as a negative particle) and λανθάνω; true (as not concealing):--true, truly, truth.
• G302 — ἄν (án, an): an untranslatable word that makes a statement contingent — a primary particle, denoting a supposition, wish, possibility or uncertainty:--(what-, where-, wither-, who-)soever. Usually unexpressed except by the subjunctive or potential mood. Also contracted for ἐάν.
• G444 — ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, anth'-ro-pos): a man, one of the human race — from ἀνήρ and (the countenance; from ὀπτάνομαι); man-faced, i.e. a human being:--certain, man.
• G1096 — γίνομαι (gínomai, ghin'-om-ahee): I come into being, am born — a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.):--arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
• G1125 — γράφω (gráphō, graf'-o): I write — a primary verb; to "grave", especially to write; figuratively, to describe:--describe, write(-ing, -ten).
• G1161 — δέ (dé, deh): but, on the other hand, and — a primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc.:--also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
• G1344 — δικαιόω (dikaióō, dik-ah-yo'-o): I make righteous, defend the cause of, justify — from δίκαιος; to render (i.e. show or regard as) just or innocent:--free, justify(-ier), be righteous.
• G1722 — ἐν (en, en): in, on, among — a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between εἰς and ἐκ); "in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.:--about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (… sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
• G2316 — θεός (theós, theh'-os): God, a god — of uncertain affinity; a deity, especially (with ὁ) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very:--X exceeding, God, god(-ly, -ward).
• G2531 — καθώς (kathṓs, kath-oce'): just as, as — from κατά and ὡς; just (or inasmuch) as, that:--according to, (according, even) as, how, when.
• G2532 — καί (kaí, kahee): and, even, also, namely — apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words:--and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
• G2919 — κρίνω (krínō, kree'-no): I judge, decide, think good — properly, to distinguish, i.e. decide (mentally or judicially); by implication, to try, condemn, punish:--avenge, conclude, condemn, damn, decree, determine, esteem, judge, go to (sue at the) law, ordain, call in question, sentence to, think.
• G3056 — λόγος (lógos, log'-os): a word, speech, divine utterance, analogy — from λέγω; something said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, (with the article in John) the Divine Expression (i.e. Christ):--account, cause, communication, X concerning, doctrine, fame, X have to do, intent, matter, mouth, preaching, question, reason, + reckon, remove, say(-ing), shew, X speaker, speech, talk, thing, + none of these things move me, tidings, treatise, utterance, word, work.
• G3361 — μή (mḗ, may): not, lest — a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas οὐ expresses an absolute denial); (adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas οὐ expects an affirmative one)) whether:--any but (that), X forbear, + God forbid, + lack, lest, neither, never, no (X wise in), none, nor, (can-)not, nothing, that not, un(-taken), without. Often used in compounds in substantially the same relations. See also ἐὰν μή, ἵνα μή, οὐ μή, μῆκος, μηκύνω, μήν, μὴ οὐκ.
• G3528 — νικάω (nikáō, nik-ah'-o): I conquer, overcome — from νίκη; to subdue (literally or figuratively):--conquer, overcome, prevail, get the victory.
• G3704 — ὅπως (hópōs, hop'-oce): how, in order that, so that — from ὅς and πῶς; what(-ever) how, i.e. in the manner that (as adverb or conjunction of coincidence, intentional or actual):--because, how, (so) that, to, when.
• G3956 — πᾶς (pâs, pas): all, the whole, every kind of — including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole:--all (manner of, means), alway(-s), any (one), X daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no(-thing), X thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.
• G4571 — σέ (sé, seh): accusative case singular of σύ; thee:--thee, thou, X thy house.
• G4675 — σοῦ (soû, soo): genitive case of σύ; of thee, thy:--X home, thee, thine (own), thou, thy.
• G5583 — ψεύστης (pseústēs, psyoos-tace'): a liar, deceiver — from ψεύδομαι; a falsifier:--liar.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Greek (Textus Receptus, Scrivener 1894) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• G3588 — ὁ (ho, ho): the — the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom):--the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.

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