Discovery BoxRomans 3:4 
Context3:4 Absolutely not! Let God be proven true, and every human being 1 shown up as a liar, 2 just as it is written: “so that you will be justified 3 in your words and will prevail when you are judged.” 4
Romans 13:1
ContextSubmission to Civil Government
13:1 Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except by God’s appointment, 5 and the authorities that exist have been instituted by God.
1 tn Grk “every man”; but ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used in a generic sense here to stress humanity rather than masculinity.
2 tn Grk “Let God be true, and every man a liar.” The words “proven” and “shown up” are supplied in the translation to clarify the meaning.
3 tn Grk “might be justified,” a subjunctive verb, but in this type of clause it carries the same sense as the future indicative verb in the latter part. “Will” is more idiomatic in contemporary English.
4 tn Or “prevail when you judge.” A quotation from Ps 51:4.
5 tn Grk “by God.”
