Certainly not! Let God be true, though every man a liar. As it is written: "That you may be justified in your words and prevail when you are judged."

Why not say as we are being slanderously reported as saying and as some claim that we say "Let us do evil that good may come"? Their condemnation is just.

Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you obey its passions.

And David says: "Let their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution for them.

Let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see, and bend their backs forever."

Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith;

if service, let us use it in our serving; he who teaches, in his teaching;

Let love be genuine. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.

Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist have been instituted by God.

The night is far gone, the day is at hand. Let us then cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light.

Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in reveling and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in quarreling and jealousy.

Let not him who eats despise him who does not, and let not him who does not eat pass judgment on him who eats; for God has accepted him.

One man esteems one day as better than another; another man esteems every day alike. Let each one be fully convinced in his own mind.

Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another anymore, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in our brother's way.

So do not let your good be spoken of as evil.

Let us therefore pursue what makes for peace and for mutual edification.

Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.