Romans 3:9-20 (New International Version)

No One is Righteous

 ⁹What shall we conclude then? Are we any better^[a]? Not at all! We have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under sin. ¹⁰As it is written:
   "There is no one righteous, not even one;
    ¹¹there is no one who understands,
      no one who seeks God.
 ¹²All have turned away,
      they have together become worthless;
   there is no one who does good,
      not even one."^[b]
 13"Their throats are open graves;
      their tongues practice deceit."^[c]
   "The poison of vipers is on their lips."^{[d]
    14}"Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness."^[e]
 15"Their feet are swift to shed blood;
    ¹⁶ruin and misery mark their ways,
 ¹⁷and the way of peace they do not know."^{[f]
    18}"There is no fear of God before their eyes."^[g]

 ¹⁹Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God. ²⁰Therefore no one will be declared righteous in his sight by observing the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of sin.