Romans 3:9-22

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No One Is Righteous

⁹What shall we conclude then? Do we have any advantage?^(A) Not at all! For we have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin.^(B) 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]^(C)
¹³“Their throats are open graves;
    their tongues practice deceit.”^[b]^(D)
“The poison of vipers is on their lips.”^[c]^(E)
¹⁴    “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”^[d]^(F)
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]^(G)
¹⁸    “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”^[f]^(H)

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

Righteousness Through Faith

²¹But now apart from the law the righteousness of God^(O) has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify.^(P) ²²This righteousness^(Q) is given through faith^(R) in^[g] Jesus Christ^(S) to all who believe.^(T) There is no difference between Jew and Gentile,^(U)