Rom 3:7 | RWP | e4.org | Through my lie ( εν τω εμω ψευσματ ). ] Old word from ψευδομα , to lie, only here in N.T. Paul returns to the imaginary objection in verse . The MSS. differ sharply here between ε δε (but if) and ε γαρ (for if). Paul "uses the first person from motives of delicacy" (Sanday and Headlam) in this supposable case for argument's sake as in . So here he "transfers by a fiction" (Field) to himself the objection.

‏ Romans 3:7

Through my lie ( εν τω εμω ψευσματ ). ] Old word from ψευδομα, to lie, only here in N.T. Paul returns to the imaginary objection in verse 5. The MSS. differ sharply here between ε δε (but if) and ε γαρ (for if). Paul "uses the first person from motives of delicacy" (Sanday and Headlam) in this supposable case for argument's sake as in 1Co 4:6. So here he "transfers by a fiction" (Field) to himself the objection.