Verses where Paul says it is ok to lie for the right reason. (NRSV)
Romans 3:7 – But if through my falsehood God’s truthfulness abounds to his glory, why am I still being condemned as a sinner?
1 Corinthians 9:20-22 — 20 To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though I myself am not under the law) so that I might win those under the law. 21 To those outside the law I became as one outside the law (though I am not free from God’s law but am under Christ’s law) so that I might win those outside the law. 22 To the weak I became weak, so that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that I might by all means save some. 23 I do it all for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.
Philippians 1:18 — What does it matter? Just this, that Christ is proclaimed in every way, whether out of false motives or true; and in that I rejoice.
Verses where Paul insists he’s telling the truth.
Romans 9:1, — I speak the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience confirms it through the Holy Spirit.
2 Corinthians 11:31 — The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying.
Galatians 1:20 — Now concerning the things which I write to you, indeed, before God, I do not lie.
1 Timothy 2:7 – For this reason I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a faithful and true teacher of the Gentiles. I am telling the truth; I am not lying about anything.
