Romans 3:5 Cross References

Romans 3:5

5: "But," some say, "our sins serve a good purpose, for people will see God's goodness when he declares us sinners to be innocent. Isn't it unfair, then, for God to punish us?" (That is actually the way some people talk.)

Romans 6:19

  1. I speak this way, using the illustration of slaves and masters, because it is easy to understand. Before, you let yourselves be slaves of impurity and lawlessness. Now you must choose to be slaves of righteousness so that you will become holy.

Galatians 3:15

  1. Dear brothers and sisters, here's an example from everyday life. Just as no one can set aside or amend an irrevocable agreement, so it is in this case.

1 Corinthians 9:8

  1. And this isn't merely human opinion. Doesn't God's law say the same thing?

Romans 7:7

  1. Well then, am I suggesting that the law of God is evil? Of course not! The law is not sinful, but it was the law that showed me my sin. I would never have known that coveting is wrong if the law had not said, "Do not covet."

Romans 2:5

  1. But no, you won't listen. So you are storing up terrible punishment for yourself because of your stubbornness in refusing to turn from your sin. For there is going to come a day of judgment when God, the just judge of all the world,

Romans 4:1

  1. Abraham was, humanly speaking, the founder of our Jewish nation. What were his experiences concerning this question of being saved by faith?

Deuteronomy 32:39

  1. Look now; I myself am he! There is no god other than me! I am the one who kills and gives life; I am the one who wounds and heals; no one delivers from my power!
  2. Now I raise my hand to heaven and declare, "As surely as I live,
  3. when I sharpen my flashing sword and begin to carry out justice, I will bring vengeance on my enemies and repay those who hate me.
  4. I will make my arrows drunk with blood, and my sword will devour flesh--the blood of the slaughtered and the captives, and the heads of the enemy leaders."'
  5. "Rejoice with him, O heavens, and let all the angels of God worship him, for he will avenge the blood of his servants. He will take vengeance on his enemies and cleanse his land and his people."

Romans 9:18

  1. So you see, God shows mercy to some just because he wants to, and he chooses to make some people refuse to listen.
  2. Well then, you might say, "Why does God blame people for not listening? Haven't they simply done what he made them do?"
  3. No, don't say that. Who are you, a mere human being, to criticize God? Should the thing that was created say to the one who made it, "Why have you made me like this?"

2 Thessalonians 1:6

  1. and in his justice he will punish those who persecute you.
  2. And God will provide rest for you who are being persecuted and also for us when the Lord Jesus appears from heaven. He will come with his mighty angels,
  3. in flaming fire, bringing judgment on those who don't know God and on those who refuse to obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus.
  4. They will be punished with everlasting destruction, forever separated from the Lord and from his glorious power

Romans 12:19

  1. Dear friends, never avenge yourselves. Leave that to God. For it is written, "I will take vengeance; I will repay those who deserve it," says the Lord.

Romans 3:25

  1. For God sent Jesus to take the punishment for our sins and to satisfy God's anger against us. We are made right with God when we believe that Jesus shed his blood, sacrificing his life for us. God was being entirely fair and just when he did not punish those who sinned in former times.
  2. And he is entirely fair and just in this present time when he declares sinners to be right in his sight because they believe in Jesus.

Romans 3:7

  1. "But," some might still argue, "how can God judge and condemn me as a sinner if my dishonesty highlights his truthfulness and brings him more glory?"

Psalms 94:1

  1. O LORD, the God to whom vengeance belongs, O God of vengeance, let your glorious justice be seen!
  2. Arise, O judge of the earth. Sentence the proud to the penalties they deserve.

Psalms 58:10

  1. The godly will rejoice when they see injustice avenged. They will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.
  2. Then at last everyone will say, "There truly is a reward for those who live for God; surely there is a God who judges justly here on earth."

Nahum 1:2

  1. The LORD is a jealous God, filled with vengeance and wrath. He takes revenge on all who oppose him and furiously destroys his enemies!

Romans 8:20

  1. Against its will, everything on earth was subjected to God's curse.
  2. All creation anticipates the day when it will join God's children in glorious freedom from death and decay.

Revelation 15:3

  1. And they were singing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb: "Great and marvelous are your actions, Lord God Almighty. Just and true are your ways, O King of the nations.

Romans 3:19

  1. Obviously, the law applies to those to whom it was given, for its purpose is to keep people from having excuses and to bring the entire world into judgment before God.

Romans 6:1

  1. Well then, should we keep on sinning so that God can show us more and more kindness and forgiveness?

Revelation 18:20

  1. But you, O heaven, rejoice over her fate. And you also rejoice, O holy people of God and apostles and prophets! For at last God has judged her on your behalf.

Nahum 1:6

  1. Who can stand before his fierce anger? Who can survive his burning fury? His rage blazes forth like fire, and the mountains crumble to dust in his presence.
  2. The LORD is good. When trouble comes, he is a strong refuge. And he knows everyone who trusts in him.
  3. But he sweeps away his enemies in an overwhelming flood. He pursues his foes into the darkness of night.

1 Corinthians 15:32

  1. And what value was there in fighting wild beasts--those men of Ephesus--if there will be no resurrection from the dead? If there is no resurrection, "Let's feast and get drunk, for tomorrow we die!"

Revelation 16:5

  1. And I heard the angel who had authority over all water saying, "You are just in sending this judgment, O Holy One, who is and who always was.
  2. For your holy people and your prophets have been killed, and their blood was poured out on the earth. So you have given their murderers blood to drink. It is their just reward."
  3. And I heard a voice from the altar saying, "Yes, Lord God Almighty, your punishments are true and just."

Romans 9:13

  1. In the words of the Scriptures, "I loved Jacob, but I rejected Esau."
  2. What can we say? Was God being unfair? Of course not!
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