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What then? Are we Jews^[a] any better off?^[b] No, not at all. For we have already charged that all, both ⁽ⁿ⁾Jews and ^(o)Greeks, are ^(p)under sin,

as it is written: ^(q)"None is righteous, no, not one;

no one understands; no one seeks for God.

All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one."

^(r)"Their throat is ^(s)an open grave; they use their tongues to deceive." ^(t)"The venom of asps is under their lips."

^(u)"Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness."

^(v)"Their feet are swift to shed blood;

in their paths are ruin and misery,

and ^(w)the way of peace they have not known."

^(x)"There is no fear of God before their eyes."

Now we know that whatever ^(y)the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, ^(z)so that every mouth may be stopped, and ^(aa)the whole world may be held accountable to God.

For ^(ab)by works of the law no human being^[c] will be justified in his sight, since ^(ac)through the law comes knowledge of sin.

But now ^(ad)the righteousness of God ^(ae)has been manifested apart from the law, although ^(af)the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it—

the righteousness of God ^(ag)through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. ^(ah)For there is no distinction:

for ^(ai)all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

^(aj)and are justified ^(ak)by his grace as a gift, ^(al)through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,