3:9 What then? Are we better off? Certainly not, for we have already charged that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin, 3:10 just as it is written:

“There is no one righteous, not even one,

3:11 there is no one who understands,

there is no one who seeks God.

3:12 All have turned away,

together they have become worthless;

there is no one who shows kindness, not even one.” ¹ 

3:13 “Their throats are open graves, ² 

they deceive with their tongues,

the poison of asps is under their lips.” ³ 

3:14 “Their mouths are ⁴  full of cursing and bitterness.” ⁵ 

3:15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood,

3:16 ruin and misery are in their paths,

3:17 and the way of peace they have not known.” ⁶ 

3:18 “There is no fear of God before their eyes.” ⁷ 

3:19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under ⁸  the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God. 3:20 For no one is declared righteous before him ⁹  by the works of the law, ¹⁰  for through the law comes ¹¹  the knowledge of sin. 3:21 But now ¹²  apart from the law the righteousness of God (which is attested by the law and the prophets) ¹³  has been disclosed – 3:22 namely, the righteousness of God through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ ¹⁴  for all who believe. For there is no distinction, 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. 3:24 But they are justified ¹⁵  freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.