Romans 3:9-20 - The Entire World Guilty Of Sin
9 Well then, are we [Jews] better off than they? Not at all; for we have already charged that both Jews and Greeks (Gentiles) are under the control of sin and subject to its power. 10 As it is written and forever remains written,
“There is none who understands,
There is none who seeks for God.
“All have turned aside, together they have become useless;
There is none who does good, no, not one.”
“Their throat is an open grave;
They [habitually] deceive with their tongues.”
“The venom of asps is beneath their lips.”
“Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.”
“Their feet are swift to shed blood,
Destruction and misery are in their paths,
And they have not known the path of peace.”
“There is no fear of God [and His awesome power] before their eyes.”
19 Now we know that whatever the Law [of Moses] says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, so that [the excuses of] every mouth may be silenced [from protesting] and that all the world may be held accountable to God [and subject to His judgment]. 20 For no