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

10just as it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one, 11there is no one who understands, there is no one who seeks God. All have turned away, together they have become worthless; there is no one who shows kindness, not even one.” 13“Their throats are open graves, they deceive with their tongues, the poison of asps is under their lips.” 14“Their mouths are 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 that I commanded them – they have made for themselves a molten calf and have bowed down to it and sacrificed to it and said, ‘These are your gods, O Israel, which brought you up from the land of Egypt.’”
• Psalms 14:3Everyone rejects God; they are all morally corrupt. None of them does what is right, not even one!
• Ecclesiastes 7:29This alone have I discovered: God made humankind upright, but they have sought many evil schemes.
• Isaiah 53:6All of us had wandered off like sheep; each of us had strayed off on his own path, but the Lord caused the sin of all of us to attack him.
• Isaiah 59:8They are unfamiliar with peace; their deeds are unjust. They use deceitful methods, and whoever deals with them is unfamiliar with peace.
• Jeremiah 2:13“Do so because my people have committed a double wrong: they have rejected me, the fountain of life-giving water, and they have dug cisterns for themselves, cracked cisterns which cannot even hold water.”
• Ephesians 2:3among whom all of us also formerly lived out our lives in the cravings of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath even as the rest…
• 1 Peter 2:25For you were going astray like sheep but now you have turned back to the shepherd and guardian of your souls.
• Genesis 1:31God saw all that he had made – and it was very good! There was evening, and there was morning, the sixth day.
• Genesis 6:6The Lord regretted that he had made humankind on the earth, and he was highly offended.
• Matthew 25:30And throw that worthless slave into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
• Philemon 1:11who was formerly useless to you, but is now useful to you and me.
• Psalms 53:1Fools say to themselves, “There is no God.” They sin and commit evil deeds; none of them does what is right.
• Ecclesiastes 7:20For there is not one truly righteous person on the earth who continually does good and never sins.
• Isaiah 64:6We are all like one who is unclean, all our so-called righteous acts are like a menstrual rag in your sight. We all wither like a leaf; our sins carry us away like the wind.
• Ephesians 2:8For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, 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

Topics related to Romans 3:12

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

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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