8And why not say (just as we are slanderously reported and as some claim that we say), “Let’s do evil that good may come of it”? 3:8 Lit WhoseTheir condemnation is deserved.
8And why not say, (as some slanderously report and claim that we teach) “Let us do evil so that good may come of it”? Their condemnation [by God] is just.
8Why not say, “Let’s do evil things so that good things will happen”? Some people actually lie by reporting that this is what we say. They are the ones who will rightly be found guilty.