Good News Translation GNT
New International Version NIV
9 Well then, are we Jews in any better condition than the Gentiles? Not at all! I have already shown that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin.
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What shall we conclude then? Do we have any advantage? Not at all! For we have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin.
10 As the Scriptures say: "There is no one who is righteous,
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As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one;
11 no one who is wise or who worships God.
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there is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God.
12 All have turned away from God; they have all gone wrong; no one does what is right, not even one.
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All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.”
13 Their words are full of deadly deceit; wicked lies roll off their tongues, and dangerous threats, like snake's poison, from their lips;
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“Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.”“The poison of vipers is on their lips.”
14 their speech is filled with bitter curses.
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“Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”
15 They are quick to hurt and kill;
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“Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16 they leave ruin and destruction wherever they go.
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ruin and misery mark their ways,
17 They have not known the path of peace,
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and the way of peace they do not know.”
18 nor have they learned reverence for God."
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“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
19 Now we know that everything in the Law applies to those who live under the Law, in order to stop all human excuses and bring the whole world under God's judgment.
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Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
20 For no one is put right in God's sight by doing what the Law requires; what the Law does is to make us know that we have sinned.
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Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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