Romans 3:9-22
English Standard Version
No One Is Righteous
9 What then? Are we Jews[a] any better off?[b] No, not at all. For we have already charged that all, both (A)Jews and (B)Greeks, are (C)under sin, 10 as it is written:
(D)“None is righteous, no, not one;
11 no one understands;
no one seeks for God.
12 All have turned aside; together they have become worthless;
no one does good,
not even one.”
13 (E)“Their throat is (F)an open grave;
they use their tongues to deceive.”
(G)“The venom of asps is under their lips.”
14 (H)“Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.”
15 (I)“Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16 in their paths are ruin and misery,
17 and (J)the way of peace they have not known.”
18 (K)“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
19 Now we know that whatever (L)the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, (M)so that every mouth may be stopped, and (N)the whole world may be held accountable to God. 20 For (O)by works of the law no human being[c] will be justified in his sight, since (P)through the law comes knowledge of sin.
The Righteousness of God Through Faith
21 But now (Q)the righteousness of God (R)has been manifested apart from the law, although (S)the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— 22 the righteousness of God (T)through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. (U)For there is no distinction:
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- Romans 3:9 Greek Are we
- Romans 3:9 Or at any disadvantage?
- Romans 3:20 Greek flesh
Matthew 18:24-25
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24 When he began to settle, one was brought to him who owed him (A)ten thousand (B)talents.[a] 25 (C)And since he could not pay, his master ordered him (D)to be sold, with his wife and (E)children and all that he had, and payment to be made.
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- Matthew 18:24 A talent was a monetary unit worth about twenty years' wages for a laborer
Psalm 130:3-4
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3 If you, O Lord, should (A)mark iniquities,
O Lord, who could (B)stand?
4 But with you there is (C)forgiveness,
(D)that you may be feared.
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