9 What then? Are we better than they? Not at all; for we have already charged that

both Jews and Greeks are all under sin; 10 as it is written,

"There is none righteous, not even one;

11 There is none who understands,

There is none who seeks for God;

12 All have turned aside, together they have become useless;

There is none who does good,

There is not even one."

13 "Their throat is an open grave, With their tongues they keep deceiving,” "The

poison of asps is under their lips";

14 "Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness”; 15 "Their feet are swift to shed

blood, 16 Destruction and misery are in their paths,

17 And the path of peace they have not known.” 18 "There is no fear of God before

their eyes."

19 Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are under the

Law, so that every mouth may be closed and all the world may become accountable to

God; 20 because by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight; for

through the Law comes the knowledge of sin.

Justification by Faith

21 But now apart from the Law the righteousness of God has been manifested, being

witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, 22 even the righteousness of God through

faith in Jesus Christ for all those who believe; for there is no distinction; 23 for all

have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 being justified as a gift by His grace

through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus; 25 whom God displayed publicly as

a propitiation in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness,

because in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously committed;

26 for the demonstration, I say, of His righteousness at the present time, so that He

would be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

Romans 3:1-31 NASB