English Standard Version
Romans 3:12
12All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one."
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.”
- New King James Version (NKJV)They have all turned aside; They have together become unprofitable; There is none who does good, no, not one.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)All have turned away; all have become useless. No one does good, not a single one.”
Context of Romans 3:12
10as it is written: "None is righteous, no, not one; 11no one understands; no one seeks for God. All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one." 13"Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to deceive." "The venom of asps is under their lips." 14"Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness."
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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 turned aside quickly out of the way that I commanded them. They have made for themselves a golden calf and have worshiped it and sacrificed to it and said, 'These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!'"
- Psalms 14:3They have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one.
- Ecclesiastes 7:29See, this alone I found, that God made man upright, but they have sought out many schemes.
- Isaiah 53:6All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
- Isaiah 59:8The way of peace they do not know, and there is no justice in their paths; they have made their roads crooked; no one who treads on them knows peace.
- Jeremiah 2:13for my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that can hold no water.
- Ephesians 2:3among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.
- 1 Peter 2:25For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
- Genesis 1:31And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
- Genesis 6:6And the Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart.
- Matthew 25:30And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
- Philemon 1:11(Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.)
- Psalms 53:1The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, doing abominable iniquity; there is none who does good.
- Ecclesiastes 7:20Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
- Isaiah 64:6We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
- Ephesians 2:8For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the 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
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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
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