Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

Scripture Declares All Are Accountable And Guilty Before God. None Are Righteous

⁹ Therefore what? Are we better^[a] [than they]? Not at-all. For we already-charged^[b] that both Jews and Greeks are all under sin, ¹⁰ just as it has been written: “There is not a righteous one, not even one. ¹¹ There is no one understanding. There is no one seeking-out God. ¹² They all turned-away, together they became useless^[c]. There is no one doing goodness. There is not as-many-as one” [Ps 14:1-3]. ¹³ “Their throat is an opened grave. With their tongues they were deceiving” [Ps 5:9]. “The poison of asps is under their lips” [Ps 140:3]. ¹⁴ “Whose mouth is full of cursing^[d] and bitterness” [Ps 10:7]. ¹⁵ “Their feet are swift to shed blood. ¹⁶ Destruction and misery are in their ways. ¹⁷ And they did not know the way of peace” [Isa 59:7-8]. ¹⁸ “There is no fear of God before their eyes” [Ps 36:1]. ¹⁹ And we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to the ones under the Law— in order that every mouth may be stopped^[e] and the whole world may become accountable^[f] to God. ²⁰ Because by the works of law^[g] no flesh will be declared-righteous in His sight. For through law comes the knowledge of sin.