Romans 3:12

Romans 3:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
• New International Version (NIV)All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one."
• New King James Version (NKJV)They have all turned aside; They have together become unprofitable; There is none who does good, no, not one.”

Context of Romans 3:12

10As it is written and forever remains written, “There is none righteous [none that meets God’s standard], not even one. 11There is none who understands, There is none who seeks for God. All have turned aside, together they have become useless; There is none who does good, no, not one.” 13“Their throat is an open grave; They [habitually] deceive with their tongues.” “The venom of asps is beneath their lips.” 14“Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.”

Romans 3:12 word by word

πάντες ἐξέκλιναν, ἅμα ἠχρεώθησαν· οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ ποιῶν χρηστότητα, οὐκ ἔστιν ἕως ἑνός.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ἕωςheōs · untilG2193
• They are allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• gone out of the wayἐκκλίνωekklinō · to turn fromG1578
• they areἀχρειόωachreioō · to make worthlessG889
• togetherἅμαhama · togetherG260
• there isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• noneοὐou · noG3756
• that doethποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• goodχρηστότηςchrēstotēs · kindnessG5544
• oneεἷςheis · oneG1520

Cross-references for Romans 3:12

• Exodus 32:8They have quickly turned aside from the way which I commanded them. They have made themselves a molten calf, and have worshiped it and sacrificed to it, and said, ‘This is your god, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt!’ ”
• Psalms 14:3They have all turned aside, together they have become corrupt; There is no one who does good, not even one.
• Ecclesiastes 7:29Behold, I have found only this [as a reason]: God made man upright and uncorrupted, but they [both men and women] have sought out many devices [for evil].”
• Isaiah 53:6All of us like sheep have gone astray, We have turned, each one, to his own way; But the Lord has caused the wickedness of us all [our sin, our injustice, our wrongdoing] To fall on Him [instead of us].
• Isaiah 59:8They do not know the way of peace, And there is no justice in their tracks. They have made them into crooked paths; Whoever walks on them does not know peace.
• Jeremiah 2:13“For My people have committed two evils: They have abandoned (rejected) Me, The fountain of living water, And they have carved out their own cisterns, Broken cisterns That cannot hold water.
• Ephesians 2:3Among these [unbelievers] we all once lived in the passions of our flesh [our behavior governed by the sinful self], indulging the desires of human nature [without the Holy Spirit] and [the impulses] of the [sinful] mind. We were, by nature, children [under the sentence] of [God’s] wrath, just like the rest [of mankind].
• 1 Peter 2:25For you were continually wandering like [so many] sheep, but now you have come back to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls.
• Genesis 1:31God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good and He validated it completely. And there was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.
• Genesis 6:6The Lord regretted that He had made mankind on the earth, and He was [deeply] grieved in His heart.
• Matthew 25:30And throw out the worthless servant into the outer darkness; in that place [of grief and torment] there will be weeping [over sorrow and pain] and grinding of teeth [over distress and anger].
• Philemon 1:11Once he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you as well as to me.
• Psalms 53:1The [empty-headed] fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt and evil, and have committed repulsive injustice; There is no one who does good.
• Ecclesiastes 7:20Indeed, there is not a righteous man on earth who always does good and who never sins.
• Isaiah 64:6For we all have become like one who is [ceremonially] unclean [like a leper], And all our deeds of righteousness are like filthy rags; We all wither and decay like a leaf, And our wickedness [our sin, our injustice, our wrongdoing], like the wind, takes us away [carrying us far from God’s favor, toward destruction].
• Ephesians 2:8For it is by grace [God’s remarkable compassion and favor drawing you to Christ] that you have been saved [actually delivered from judgment and given eternal life] through faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [not through your own effort], but it is the [undeserved, gracious] gift of God;

Commentaries on Romans 3:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12They are all gone out of the way - , they have all diverged from the right way, they have either abandoned or corrupted the worship of God: the Jews, in forsaking the law and the prophets, and the Gentiles, in acting contrary to the law which God had written on their hearts. And the departure of both from the truth proves the evil propensity of human nature in general. They are together become unprofitable - . They are useless, good for nothing; or, as…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12They have all gone out of the way - They have “declined” from the true path of piety and virtue. They are together - They have at the same time; or they have equally become unprofitable. They are as one; they are joined, or united in this declension. The expression denotes union, or similarity. Become unprofitable - This word in Hebrew means to become “putrid” and “offensive,” like fruit that is spoiled. In Arabic, it is applied to “milk” that becomes…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-18Verses 9-18 Here again is shown that all mankind are under the guilt of sin, as a burden; and under the government and dominion of sin, as enslaved to it, to work wickedness. This is made plain by several passages of Scripture from the Old Testament, which describe the corrupt and depraved state of all men, till grace restrain or change them. Great as our advantages are, these texts describe multitudes who call themselves Christians. Their principles and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-12This quotation from Psalms 14:1–3; 53:1–3 directly supports the argument that all people are under the power of sin.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-1210-12. As it is written, &c.--(Psa 14:1-3; 53:1-3). These statements of the Psalmist were indeed suggested by particular manifestations of human depravity occurring under his own eye; but as this only showed what man, when unrestrained, is in his present condition, they were quite pertinent to the apostle's purpose.Read the comment

Topics related to Romans 3:12

• Bigotry
• Boasting
• Character
• Depravity of Man
• Quotations and Allusions
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Boasting
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• Destruction
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• Faith
• Fall of man
• Justifier
• Overcome
• Sin
• Atonement

Commentaries on Romans 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings