9 What then? 1aAre we better than they? Not at all; for we have already charged that both bJews and cGreeks are dall under sin;

10 as it is written,

“aThere is none righteous, not even one;

11 There is none who understands,

There is none who seeks for God;

12 All have turned aside, together they have become useless;

There is none who does good,

There is not even one.”

13 “aTheir throat is an open grave,

With their tongues they keep deceiving,”

“bThe poison of asps is under their lips”;

14 “aWhose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness”;

15 “aTheir feet are swift to shed blood,

16 Destruction and misery are in their paths,

17 And the path of peace they have not known.”

18 “aThere is no fear of God before their eyes.”

19 Now we know that whatever the aLaw says, it speaks to bthose who are 1under the Law, so that every mouth may be closed and call the world may become accountable to God;

20 because aby the works 1of the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight; for 2bthrough the Law comes the knowledge of sin.