Romans 3:9-10

The Whole World Guilty before God

^{Tools
9} What then? Are we any better?^(a) Not at all! For we have previously charged that both Jews^(A) and Gentiles^(b)^(B) are all under sin,^(c)^(C) ^{Tools
10} as it is written:^(d)

There is no one righteous, not even one.

Footnotes:

a. Romans 3:9: Are we Jews any better than the Gentiles?

b. Romans 3:9: Lit Greeks

c. Romans 3:9: Under sin’s power or dominion

d. Romans 3:10: Paul constructs this charge from a chain of OT quotations, mainly from the Psalms.

Cross references:

A. Romans 3:9: Romans 2:1-29

B. Romans 3:9: Romans 1:18-32

C. Romans 3:9: Romans 3:19; Romans 3:23; Romans 11:32