Romans 3:10-26

New King James Version

¹⁰As it is written:

^(A)“There is none righteous, no, not one;
¹¹There is none who understands;
There is none who seeks after God.
¹²They have all turned aside;
They have together become unprofitable;
There is none who does good, no, not one.”
¹³“Their^(B) throat is an open ^[a]tomb;
With their tongues they have practiced deceit”;
^(C)“The poison of asps is under their lips”;
¹⁴“Whose^(D) mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.”
¹⁵“Their^(E) feet are swift to shed blood;
¹⁶Destruction and misery are in their ways;
¹⁷And the way of peace they have not known.”
¹⁸“There^(F) is no fear of God before their eyes.”

¹⁹Now we know that whatever ^(G)the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that ^(H)every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become ^[b]guilty before God. ²⁰Therefore ^(I)by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

God’s Righteousness Through Faith

²¹But now ^(J)the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, ^(K)being witnessed by the Law ^(L)and the Prophets, ²²even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all ^[c]and on all who believe. For ^(M)there is no difference; ²³for ^(N)all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, ²⁴being justified ^[d]freely ^(O)by His grace ^(P)through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, ²⁵whom God set forth ^(Q)as a ^[e]propitiation ^(R)by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over ^(S)the sins that were previously committed, ²⁶to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.