12 All have turned aside; together they have become worthless;
    no one does good,
    not even one.”

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12 All have turned away,
    they have together become worthless;
there is no one who does good,
    not even one.”[a](A)

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  1. Romans 3:12 Psalms 14:1-3; 53:1-3; Eccles. 7:20

They have all turned aside; together they have become (A)corrupt;
    there is none who does good,
    not even one.

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All have turned away,(A) all have become corrupt;(B)
    there is no one who does good,(C)
    not even one.(D)

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20 Surely (A)there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.

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20 Indeed, there is no one on earth who is righteous,(A)
    no one who does what is right and never sins.(B)

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(A)We have all become like one who is unclean,
    and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment.
(B)We all fade like a leaf,
    and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

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All of us have become like one who is unclean,(A)
    and all our righteous(B) acts are like filthy rags;
we all shrivel up like a leaf,(C)
    and like the wind our sins sweep us away.(D)

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The way of peace they do not know,
    and there is no justice in their paths;
they have made their roads crooked;
    (A)no one who treads on them knows peace.

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The way of peace they do not know;(A)
    there is no justice in their paths.
They have turned them into crooked roads;(B)
    no one who walks along them will know peace.(C)

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(A)All we like sheep have gone astray;
    we have turned—every one—to his own way;
(B)and the Lord has laid on him
    the iniquity of us all.

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We all, like sheep, have gone astray,(A)
    each of us has turned to our own way;(B)
and the Lord has laid on him
    the iniquity(C) of us all.

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29 See, this alone I found, that (A)God made man upright, but (B)they have sought out many schemes.

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29 This only have I found:
    God created mankind upright,
    but they have gone in search of many schemes.”

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25 For (A)you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to (B)the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

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25 For “you were like sheep going astray,”[a](A) but now you have returned to the Shepherd(B) and Overseer of your souls.(C)

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  1. 1 Peter 2:25 Isaiah 53:4,5,6 (see Septuagint)

11 (Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.)

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11 Formerly he was useless to you, but now he has become useful both to you and to me.

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among whom we all once lived in (A)the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body[a] and the mind, and (B)were by nature (C)children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.[b]

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  1. Ephesians 2:3 Greek flesh
  2. Ephesians 2:3 Greek like the rest

All of us also lived among them at one time,(A) gratifying the cravings of our flesh[a](B) and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.

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  1. Ephesians 2:3 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.

For (A)by grace you have been saved (B)through faith. And this is (C)not your own doing; (D)it is the gift of God, (E)not a result of works, (F)so that no one may boast. 10 For (G)we are his workmanship, (H)created in Christ Jesus (I)for good works, (J)which God prepared beforehand, (K)that we should walk in them.

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For it is by grace(A) you have been saved,(B) through faith(C)—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works,(D) so that no one can boast.(E) 10 For we are God’s handiwork,(F) created(G) in Christ Jesus to do good works,(H) which God prepared in advance for us to do.

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31 (A)And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

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31 God saw all that he had made,(A) and it was very good.(B) And there was evening, and there was morning(C)—the sixth day.

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16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. 17 (A)Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from (B)the Father of lights, (C)with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.[a]

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  1. James 1:17 Some manuscripts variation due to a shadow of turning

16 Don’t be deceived,(A) my dear brothers and sisters.(B) 17 Every good and perfect gift is from above,(C) coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights,(D) who does not change(E) like shifting shadows.

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