Romans 3:12-26

¹²They have all turned away. They together have become useless. There is no one who does good, no, not even one.”

¹³“Their throat is an open grave. Their tongues have deceived. The poison of snakes is under their lips.”

¹⁴“Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”

¹⁵“Their feet are swift to pour out blood.

¹⁶Destruction and suffering are in their paths.

¹⁷These people have not known a way of peace.”

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

¹⁹Now we know that whatever the law says, it speaks to the ones who are under the law. This is in order that every mouth may be shut, and the whole world held accountable to God.

²⁰This is because no flesh will be justified by the works of the law in his sight. For through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

²¹But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been made known. It was witnessed by the Law and the Prophets,

²²that is, the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all those who believe. For there is no distinction.

²³For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God,

²⁴and they are freely justified by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.

²⁵For God provided Christ Jesus as a propitiation through faith in his blood. He offered Christ as proof of his justice, because of his disregard of previous sins

²⁶in his patience. This all happened for the demonstration of his righteousness at this present time. This was so he could prove himself just, and to show that he justifies anyone because of faith in Jesus.