⁹What then? Are we any better? ^kNot at all! For we have previously charged that both Jews ^land Gentiles ^mⁿare all under sin, ^o^p¹⁰as it is written: ^q

There is no one righteous, not even one.

¹¹There is no one who understands;

there is no one who seeks God.

¹²All have turned away;

all alike have become useless.

There is no one who does what is good,

not even one. ^r^s

¹³Their throat is an open grave;

they deceive with their tongues. ^t^u

Vipers’ venom is under their lips. ^v^w

¹⁴Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness. ^x^y

¹⁵Their feet are swift to shed blood;

¹⁶ruin and wretchedness are in their paths,

¹⁷and the path of peace they have not known. ^z^a

¹⁸There is no fear of God before their eyes. ^b^c

¹⁹Now we know that whatever the law says ^dspeaks to those who are subject to the law, ^e^fso that every mouth may be shut and the whole world may become subject to God’s judgment. ^g^h²⁰For no one will be justified ⁱin His sight by the works of the law, ^jbecause the knowledge of sin comes through the law. ^k

God’s Righteousness through Faith

²¹But now, apart from the law, God’s righteousness has been revealed ^l—attested by the Law and the Prophets ^mⁿ²²—that is, God’s righteousness through faith ^oin Jesus Christ, ^p^qto all who believe, ^rsince there is no distinction. ^s²³For all have sinned ^tand fall short of the ^uglory of God.

Read in Logos

Romans 3:23–24: … for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus …

Footnotes

k3:9 Are we Jews any better than the Gentiles?
m3:9 Greeks
o3:9 Under sin’s power or dominion
q3:10 Paul constructs this charge from a chain of OT quotations, mainly from the Psalms.
e3:19 those in the law
g3:19 Or become guilty before God, or may be accountable to God
i3:20 Or will be declared righteous, or will be acquitted
m3:21 When capitalized, the Law and the Prophets = OT
p3:22 Or through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ
u3:23 Or and lack the

Cross references

l3:9 Rm 2:1–29
n3:9 Rm 1:18–32
p3:9 Rm 3:19, 23; 11:32; Gl 3:22
r3:10–12 Ps 14:1–3; 53:1–3; Ec 7:20
s3:10–12 Ps 14:1–3; 53:1–3; Ec 7:20
t3:13 Ps 5:9
u3:13 Ps 5:9
v3:13 Ps 140:3
w3:13 Ps 140:3
x3:14 Ps 10:7
y3:14 Ps 10:7
z3:15–17 Is 59:7–8
a3:15–17 Is 59:7–8
b3:18 Ps 36:1
c3:18 Ps 36:1
d3:19 Jn 10:34
f3:19 Rm 2:12
h3:19 Rm 2:9
j3:20 Ps 143:2; Ac 13:39; Gl 2:16
k3:20 Rm 4:15; 5:13, 20; 7:7
l3:21 Rm 1:17; 9:30
n3:21 Ac 10:43; Rm 1:2
o3:22 Rm 4:5
q3:22 Ac 3:16; Gl 2:16, 20; 3:22; Eph 3:12
r3:22 Rm 4:11, 16; 10:4
s3:22 Rm 10:12; Gl 3:28; Col 3:11
t3:23 Rm 3:9