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.
God forbid, х mee (G3361) genoito (G1096)] - 'Let it not be:' q.d., 'Away with such a thought:' an expression not unknown to later Greek, and in the Septuagint used in Genesis 44:17; Joshua 22:29 [= chaaliylaah (H2486)], a favourite expression of our apostle, when he would not only repudiate a supposed consequence of his doctrine, but express his abhorrence of it.
Yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written (Psalms 51:4), That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged. The apostle here follows the Septuagint in place the Hebrew and our own version of the Psalm - "when thou judgest." But the general sentiment is the same in both-that we are to vindicate the righteousness of God at whatever expense to ourselves.
Second Objection: