Romans 3:9
What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;
KJV
Τί οὖν; προεχόμεθα; οὐ πάντως· προῃτιασάμεθα γὰρ Ἰουδαίους τε καὶ Ἕλληνας πάντας ὑφ’ ἁμαρτίαν εἶναι,
Greek NT
Quid ergo ? præcellimus eos ? Nequaquam. Causati enim sumus Judæos et Græcos omnes sub peccato esse,
Vulgate
What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we before laid to the charge both of Jews and Greeks, that they are all under sin;
ASV
What then? Do we excel them? No, not so. For we have charged both Jews and Greeks, that they are all under sin.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
πάντως
pantos
adverb · 8×
προέχομαι
proechomai
verb · 1×
προαιτιάομαι
proaitiaomai
verb · 1×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
τέ
te
particle · 214×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἁμαρτία
amartia
noun · 173×
Ἕλλην
ellen
noun · 26×
Ἰουδαῖος
ioudaios
adjective · 193×
ὑπό
upo
preposition · 221×
Historic Christian voices
9 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Homilies on the Epistle to the Romans · 2 passages
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210207.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210208.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God. Calvin shows that Paul's conclusion is devastating: there is none righteous, no not one. The advantage of the Jew lay in having the oracles of God, but this did not exempt them from condemnation. By the deeds of the law shall no flesh be justified, for the law is a mirror that shows sin, not a ladder to climb to righteous…
Heidelberg Catechism · 2 passages
Q. What must you know to live and die in the joy of this comfort? A. Three things: first, how great my sin and misery are; second, how I am set free from all my sins and misery; third, how I am to thank God for such deliverance.
Q. How are you right with God? A. Only by true faith in Jesus Christ. Even though my conscience accuses me of having grievously sinned against all God's commandments and of never having kept any of them, and even though I am still inclined toward all evil, nevertheless, without my deserving it at all, out of sheer grace, God grants and credits to me the perfect satisfaction, ri…
Cross-references
- 1John 5:19 — And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
- Eccl 7:10 — Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.
- Eccl 7:29 — Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
- Eph 2:3 — Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
- Gal 2:15 — We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,
- Gal 3:22 — But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
- Gal 3:22 — But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
- Gen 6:5 — And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
- Isa 65:5 — Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.
- Job 15:16 — How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
- Matt 7:13 — Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
- Rom 3:19 — Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
- Rom 3:19 — Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
- Rom 3:22 — Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
- Rom 3:23 — For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
- Rom 6:15 — What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
- Rom 11:32 — For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.
- Rom 11:32 — For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.
- Titus 3:3 — For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.