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What then? Are we better than they? No, in no way. For we previously warned both Jews and Greeks that they are all under sin. 10 As it is written,

“There is no one righteous;
    no, not one.
11 There is no one who understands.
    There is no one who seeks after God.
12 They have all turned away.
    They have together become unprofitable.
There is no one who does good,
    no, not so much as one.”Psalm 14:1-3; 53:1-3; Ecclesiastes 7:20
13 “Their throat is an open tomb.
    With their tongues they have used deceit.”Psalm 5:9
“The poison of vipers is under their lips.”Psalm 140:3
14     “Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.”Psalm 10:7
15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood.
16     Destruction and misery are in their ways.
17     The way of peace, they haven’t known.”Isaiah 59:7-8
18 “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”Psalm 36:1

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None Is Righteous

What then? Are we any better off?[a] No, not at all, for we have already charged that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under the power of sin,(A) 10 as it is written:

“There is no one who is righteous, not even one;(B)
11     there is no one who has understanding;
        there is no one who seeks God.
12 All have turned aside; together they have become worthless;
    there is no one who shows kindness;
        there is not even one.”
13 “Their throats are opened graves;
    they use their tongues to deceive.”
“The venom of vipers is under their lips.”(C)
14     “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”
15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood;(D)
16     ruin and misery are in their paths,
17 and the way of peace they have not known.”
18     “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”

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Footnotes

  1. 3.9 Or at any disadvantage?