Romans 3:9

What then? Are we Jews any better off? Not at all! For we have previously charged that both Jews and Greeks are all under sin,

Text-Critical English NT

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

8And why not say (just as some slanderously claim that we say), “Let us do evil that good may come”? Their condemnation is just.

10just as it is written, “There is none righteous, not even one;

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Cross References

Luke 18:9He also told this parable to some who were confident in their own righteous and regarded others with contempt:

Romans 3:5But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God, who inflicts wrath, unrighteous? (I speak in a human way.)

Romans 3:22that is, the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all and upon all who believe; for there is no distinction.

Romans 11:7What then? Israel did not obtain what it was seeking. The chosen obtained it, but the rest were hardened,

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

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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