Romans 3:10-23

¹⁰As scripture says — ‘There is not even one who is righteous,

¹¹not one who understands, not one who is searching for God!

¹²They have all gone astray; they have one and all become depraved; there is no one who is doing good — no, not one!’

¹³‘Their throats are like opened graves; they deceive with their tongues.’ ‘The venom of snakes lies behind their lips,’

¹⁴‘And their mouths are full of bitter curses.’

¹⁵‘Swift are their feet to shed blood.

¹⁶Distress and trouble dog their steps,

¹⁷and the path of peace they do not know.’

¹⁸‘The fear of God is not before their eyes.’

¹⁹Now we know that everything said in the Law is addressed to those who are under its authority, in order that every mouth may be closed, and to bring the whole world under God's judgment.

²⁰For no human being will be pronounced righteous before God as the result of obedience to Law; for it is Law that shows what sin is.

²¹But now, quite apart from Law, the divine righteousness stands revealed, and to it the Law and the prophets bear witness —

²²the divine righteousness which is bestowed, through faith in Jesus Christ, on all, without distinction, who believe in him.

²³For all have sinned, and all fall short of God's glorious ideal,