Romans 1:18-21

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God’s Wrath Against Sinful Humanity

¹⁸The wrath of God^(A) is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, ¹⁹since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.^(B) ²⁰For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made,^(C) so that people are without excuse.^(D)

²¹For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.^(E)

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Romans 1:32

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³²Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death,^(A) they not only continue to do these very things but also approve^(B) of those who practice them.

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Romans 3:10-20

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¹⁰As it is written:

“There is no one righteous, not even one;
¹¹    there is no one who understands;
    there is no one who seeks God.
¹²All have turned away,
    they have together become worthless;
there is no one who does good,
    not even one.”^[a]^(A)
¹³“Their throats are open graves;
    their tongues practice deceit.”^[b]^(B)
“The poison of vipers is on their lips.”^[c]^(C)
¹⁴    “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”^[d]^(D)
¹⁵“Their feet are swift to shed blood;
¹⁶    ruin and misery mark their ways,
¹⁷and the way of peace they do not know.”^[e]^(E)
¹⁸    “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”^[f]^(F)

¹⁹Now we know that whatever the law says,^(G) it says to those who are under the law,^(H) so that every mouth may be silenced^(I) and the whole world held accountable to God.^(J) ²⁰Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law;^(K) rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.^(L)