Romans 3:9-23
The Whole World Guilty before God
9 What then? Are we any better?(a) Not at all! For we have previously charged that both Jews(A) and Gentiles(b)(B) are all under sin,(c)(C)
10 as it is written:(d)
There is no one righteous, not even one.
11 There is no one who understands;
there is no one who seeks God.
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15 there is no one who seeks God.
Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16 ruin and wretchedness are in their paths,
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19 Now we know that whatever the law says(J) speaks to those who are subject to the law,(k)(K) so that every mouth may be shut and the whole world may become subject to God’s judgment.(l)(L)
20 For no one will be justified(m) in His sight by the works of the law,(M) because the knowledge of sin comes through the law.(N)
God’s Righteousness through Faith
21 But now, apart from the law, God’s righteousness has been revealed(O)—attested by the Law and the Prophets(n)(P)
22 —that is, God’s righteousness through faith(Q) in Jesus Christ,(o)(R) to all who believe,(S) since there is no distinction.(T)
23 For all have sinned(U) and fall short of the(p) glory of God.
Footnotes:
a.
Romans 3:9: Are we Jews any better than the Gentiles?
b.
Romans 3:9: Lit Greeks
c.
Romans 3:9: Under sin’s power or dominion
d.
Romans 3:10: Paul constructs this charge from a chain of OT quotations, mainly from the Psalms.
f.
Romans 3:13: Ps 5:9
g.
Romans 3:13: Ps 140:3
h.
Romans 3:14: Ps 10:7
i.
Romans 3:17: Is 59:7-8
j.
Romans 3:18: Ps 36:1
k.
Romans 3:19: Lit those in the law
l.
Romans 3:19: Or become guilty before God, or may be accountable to God
m.
Romans 3:20: Or will be declared righteous, or will be acquitted
n.
Romans 3:21: When capitalized, the Law and the Prophets OT
o.
Romans 3:22: Or through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ
p.
Romans 3:23: Or and lack the
Cross references:
E.
Romans 3:13:
Psalm 5:9