Romans 3:9-12

The Whole World Guilty before God

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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) ^{Tools
10} as it is written:^(d)

There is no one righteous, not even one.

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There is no one who understands;
there is no one who seeks God.

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All have turned away;
all alike have become useless.
There is no one who does what is good,
not even one.^(D)^(e)

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.

e. Romans 3:12: Ps 14:1-3; 53:1-3; Ec 7:20

Cross references:

A. Romans 3:9: Romans 2:1-29

B. Romans 3:9: Romans 1:18-32

C. Romans 3:9: Romans 3:19; Romans 3:23; Romans 11:32

D. Romans 3:10: Psalm 14:1-3; Psalm 53:1-3; Ecclesiastes 7:20