Romans 3:9

What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already made the charge that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;

In Context

8Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!

10As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one.

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Cross References

Isaiah 65:5They say, ‘Keep to yourself; do not come near me, for I am holier than you!’ Such people are smoke in My nostrils, a fire that burns all day long.

Luke 18:9To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable:

Romans 3:5But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict His wrath on us? I am speaking in human terms.

Romans 3:22And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all and upon all who believe. There is no distinction,

Romans 11:7What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,

1 Corinthians 4:7For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?

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 →

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