“God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?”
Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world? The reductio ad absurdum: If human sin vindicates God and thus human unrighteousness is good, how could God coherently judge? God's judgment of the world requires that sin be genuinely wrong and punishable. God cannot be both the endorser of sin and the judge of sin. The latter must be true.
Church Fathers on Romans 3:6
“God forbid.” He solves one perplexity by another again. Yet as this is not clear, we must needs declare it more clearly. What is it then he means? God honored the Jews: they did despite to Him. This gives Him the victory, and shows the greatness of His love towards man, in that He honored them even such as they were. Since then, he means, we did despite to Him and wronged Him, God by this very thing became victorious, and His righteousness was shown to be clear. Why then (a…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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