Romans 3:9-25

No One Is Righteous

9 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 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.
12 All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.”[a]
13 “Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.”[b]“The poison of vipers is on their lips.”[c]
14 “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”[d]
15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16 ruin and misery mark their ways,
17 and the way of peace they do not know.”[e]
18 “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”[f]
19 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 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.

Righteousness Through Faith

21 But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify.
22 This righteousness is given through faith in[g] Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile,
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
24 and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.
25 God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement,[h] through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished—

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Cross References 28

  • 1. ver 1
  • 2. ver 19,23; 1 Kings 8:46; 2 Chronicles 6:36; Psalms 106:6; Romans 5:12; Romans 11:32; Galatians 3:22
  • 3. Psalms 14:1-3; Psalms 53:1-3; Ecclesiastes 7:20
  • 4. Psalms 5:9
  • 5. Psalms 140:3
  • 6. Psalms 10:7
  • 7. Isaiah 59:7,8
  • 8. Psalms 36:1
  • 9. S John 10:34
  • 10. S Romans 2:12
  • 11. Psalms 63:11; Psalms 107:42; Ezekiel 16:63
  • 12. ver 9
  • 13. Acts 13:39; Galatians 2:16
  • 14. S Romans 4:15; Romans 7:7
  • 15. Isaiah 46:13; Jeremiah 23:6; Romans 1:17; Romans 9:30
  • 16. Acts 10:43; Romans 1:2
  • 17. Romans 1:17
  • 18. S Romans 9:30
  • 19. Galatians 2:16; Galatians 3:22
  • 20. S John 3:15; Romans 4:11; Romans 10:4
  • 21. Romans 10:12; Galatians 3:28; Colossians 3:11
  • 22. S ver 9
  • 23. S Romans 4:25
  • 24. Jn 1:14,16,17; Romans 4:16; Romans 5:21; Romans 6:14; Romans 11:5; 2 Corinthians 12:9; Ephesians 2:8; Ephesians 4:7; Titus 2:11; Hebrews 4:16
  • 25. Psalms 130:7; 1 Corinthians 1:30; Galatians 4:5; Ephesians 1:7,14; Colossians 1:14; Hebrews 9:12
  • 26. Exodus 25:17; Leviticus 16:10; Psalms 65:3; Hebrews 2:17; Hebrews 9:28; 1 John 4:10
  • 27. Acts 20:28; Romans 5:9; Ephesians 1:7; Hebrews 9:12,14; Hebrews 13:12; 1 Peter 1:19; Revelation 1:5
  • 28. Acts 14:16; Acts 17:30

Footnotes 8

  • [a]. Psalms 14:1-3; 53:1-3; Eccles. 7:20
  • [b]. Psalm 5:9
  • [c]. Psalm 140:3
  • [d]. Psalm 10:7 (see Septuagint)
  • [e]. Isaiah 59:7,8
  • [f]. Psalm 36:1
  • [g]. Or "through the faithfulness of"
  • [h]. The Greek for "sacrifice of atonement" refers to the atonement cover on the ark of the covenant (see Lev. 16:15,16).
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