Romans 3:9
What then? are we worse off than they? In no way: because we have before made it clear that Jews as well as Greeks are all under the power of sin;
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10As it is said in the holy Writings, There is not one who does righteousness;
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Isaiah 65:5\64:6\For we have all become like an unclean person, and all our good acts are like a dirty robe: and we have all become old like a dead leaf, and our sins, like the wind, take us away.
Luke 18:9And he made this story for some people who were certain that they were good, and had a low opinion of others:
Romans 3:5But if the righteousness of God is supported by our wrongdoing what is to be said? is it wrong for God to be angry (as men may say)?
Romans 3:22That is, the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ, to all those who have faith; and one man is not different from another,
Romans 11:7What then? That which Israel was searching for he did not get, but those of the selection got it and the rest were made hard.
1 Corinthians 4:7For who made you better than your brother? or what have you that has not been given to you? but if it has been given to you, what cause have you for pride, as if it had not been given to you?
Matthew Henry on Romans 3:2-19
The Advantages of the Jews; Objections Answered; The Depravity of Jews and Gentiles. ( a. d. 58.) 1 What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? 2 Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God. 3 For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? 4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art… Read the whole commentary →