23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.(A)

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From Death to Life

And you were dead(A) in your trespasses and sins in which you previously walked according to the ways of this world,(B) according to the ruler who exercises authority over the lower heavens,[a](C) the spirit(D) now working in the disobedient.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 2:2 Lit ruler of the domain of the air
  2. Ephesians 2:2 Lit sons of disobedience

All of us have become like something unclean,
and all our righteous acts are like a polluted[a] garment;(A)
all of us wither like a leaf,(B)
and our iniquities(C) carry us away like the wind.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 64:6 Lit menstrual

10 as it is written:[a]

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;
all alike have become useless.
There is no one who does what is good,
not even one.(A)[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 3:10 Paul constructs this charge from a chain of OT quotations, mainly from the Psalms.
  2. Romans 3:12 Ps 14:1-3; 53:1-3; Ec 7:20

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