Romans 3:23

Amplified Bible

since all have sinned and continually fall short of the glory of God,

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
All have sinned and are not good enough to share God's divine greatness.

Revised Standard Version
since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
for all have synned and lacke the prayse yt is of valoure before God:

Hebrew Names Version
for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

International Standard Version
since all have sinned and continue to fall short of God's glory.Romans 3:9; 11:32; Galatians 3:22;">[xr]

New American Standard Bible
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

New Century Version
Everyone has sinned and fallen short of God's glorious standard,

Update Bible Version
for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

Webster's Bible Translation
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

English Standard Version
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

World English Bible
for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
For all have sinned, and are fallen short of the glory of God,

Weymouth's New Testament
for all alike have sinned, and all consciously come short of the glory of God,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For alle men synneden, and han nede to the glorie of God;

English Revised Version
for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

Berean Standard Bible
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Contemporary English Version
All of us have sinned and fallen short of God's glory.

American Standard Version
for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

Bible in Basic English
For all have done wrong and are far from the glory of God;

Complete Jewish Bible
since all have sinned and come short of earning God's praise.

Darby Translation
for all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

Etheridge Translation
for all have sinned, and have failed of the glory of Aloha;

Murdock Translation
for they have all sinned, and failed of the glory of God.

King James Version (1611)
For all haue sinned, and come short of the glory of God,

New Living Translation
For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God's glorious standard.

New Life Bible
For all men have sinned and have missed the shining-greatness of God.

New Revised Standard
since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God;

Geneva Bible (1587)
For there is no difference: for all haue sinned, and are depriued of the glorie of God,

George Lamsa Translation
For all have sinned and are short of the glory of God:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For, all, have sinned and fall short of the glory of God;

Douay-Rheims Bible
For all have sinned and do need the glory of God.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For all haue synned, and are destitute of the glorie of God,

Good News Translation
everyone has sinned and is far away from God's saving presence.

Christian Standard Bible®
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

King James Version
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

Lexham English Bible
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Literal Translation
for all sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Young's Literal Translation
for all did sin, and are come short of the glory of God --

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For they are all synners, and wate the prayse that God shulde haue of the,

Mace New Testament (1729)
for all having sinned, all have forfeited eternal glory:

New English Translation
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

New King James Version
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Simplified Cowboy Version
For all have been bucked off and fallen short of the glory of God.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Legacy Standard Bible
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Contextual Overview

¹⁹Now we know that whatever the Law [of Moses] says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, so that [the excuses of] every mouth may be silenced [from protesting] and that all the world may be held accountable to God [and subject to His judgment]. ²⁰For no person will be justified [freed of guilt and declared righteous] in His sight by [trying to do] the works of the Law. For through the Law we become conscious of sin [and the recognition of sin directs us toward repentance, but provides no remedy for sin]. ²¹But now the righteousness of God has been clearly revealed [independently and completely] apart from the Law, though it is [actually] confirmed by the Law and the [words and writings of the] Prophets. ²²This righteousness of God comes through faith in Jesus Christ for all those [Jew or Gentile] who believe [and trust in Him and acknowledge Him as God's Son]. There is no distinction, ²³since all have sinned and continually fall short of the glory of God,²⁴and are being justified [declared free of the guilt of sin, made acceptable to God, and granted eternal life] as a gift by His [precious, undeserved] grace, through the redemption [the payment for our sin] which is [provided] in Christ Jesus, ²⁵whom God displayed publicly [before the eyes of the world] as a [life-giving] sacrifice of atonement and reconciliation (propitiation) by His blood [to be received] through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness [which demands punishment for sin], because in His forbearance [His deliberate restraint] He passed over the sins previously committed [before Jesus' crucifixion]. ²⁶It was to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be just and the One who justifies those who have faith in Jesus [and rely confidently on Him as Savior]. ²⁷Then what becomes of [our] boasting? It is excluded [entirely ruled out, banished]. On what principle? On [the principle of good] works? No, but on the principle of faith. ²⁸For we maintain that an individual is justified by faith distinctly apart from works of the Law [the observance of which has nothing to do with justification, that is, being declared free of the guilt of sin and made acceptable to God].

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

all have: Romans 3:9, Romans 3:19, Romans 1:28-32, Romans 2:1-16, Romans 11:32, Ecclesiastes 7:20, Galatians 3:22, 1 John 1:8-10

come: Hebrews 4:1

of: Romans 5:2, 1 Thessalonians 2:12, 2 Thessalonians 2:14, 1 Peter 4:13, 1 Peter 5:1, 1 Peter 5:10

Reciprocal: Genesis 8:21 - the imagination Leviticus 12:7 - make Psalms 14:3 - all gone Isaiah 2:9 - the mean Daniel 9:20 - confessing Matthew 3:14 - I have Luke 7:41 - the other Acts 17:30 - the times Romans 2:13 - but the Romans 3:10 - none Romans 3:25 - remission Romans 5:12 - all Ephesians 2:3 - even Ephesians 2:13 - are 2 Timothy 1:18 - mercy

Cross-References

Genesis 2:5
no shrub or plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprouted, for the LORD God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground,

Genesis 3:19
"By the sweat of your face You will eat bread Until you return to the ground, For from it you were taken; For you are dust, And to dust you shall return."

Genesis 4:2
And [later] she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel kept the flocks [of sheep and goats], but Cain cultivated the ground.

Genesis 4:12
"When you cultivate the ground, it shall no longer yield its strength [it will resist producing good crops] for you; you shall be a fugitive and a vagabond [roaming aimlessly] on the earth [in perpetual exile without a home, a degraded outcast]."

Genesis 9:20
And Noah began to farm and cultivate the ground and he planted a vineyard.

Ecclesiastes 5:9
After all, a king who cultivates the field is an advantage to the land.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For all have sinned,.... This is the general character of all mankind; all have sinned in Adam, are guilty by his sin, polluted with it, and condemned for it; all are sinners in themselves, and by their own actual transgressions; this is the case of the whole world, and of all the men in it; not only of the Gentiles, but of the Jews, and the more righteous among them: hence there is no difference in the state and condition of men by nature; nor is there any reason from and in themselves, why God saves one and not another; nor any room to despair of the grace and righteousness of Christ, on account of persons being, in their own view, the worst of sinners:

and hence it is, that they are all

come short of the glory of God; either of glorifying of God; man was made for this purpose, and was capable of it, though now through sin incapable; and it is only by the grace of God that he is enabled to do it: or of glorying: before him; sin has made him infamous, and is his shame; by it he has forfeited all external favours, and has nothing of his own to glory in; his moral righteousness is no foundation for boasting, especially before God: or of having glory from God; the most pure and perfect creature does not of itself deserve any glory and praise from God; good men, in a way of grace, will have praise of God; but sinners can never expect any on their own account: or of the glorious grace of God, as sanctifying and pardoning grace, and particularly the grace of a justifying righteousness; man has no righteousness, nor can he work out one; nor will his own avail, he wants a better than that: or of eternal glory; which may be called the glory of God, because it is of his preparing, what he calls persons to by his grace, and which of his own free grace he bestows upon them, and will chiefly lie in the enjoyment of him; now this is represented sometimes as a prize, which is run for, and pressed after; but men, through sinning, come short of it, and must of themselves do so for ever: or rather of the image of God in man, who is called "the image and glory of God", 1 Corinthians 11:7, which consisted externally in government over the creatures; internally, in righteousness and holiness, in wisdom and knowledge, in the bias of his mind to that which is good, and in power to perform it; of all which he is come short, or deprived by sinning.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For all have sinned - This was the point which he had fully established in the discussion in these chapters.

Have come short - Greek, “Are deficient in regard to;” are lacking, etc. Here it means, that they had failed to obtain, or were destitute of.

The glory of God - The praise or approbation of God. They had sought to be justified, or approved, by God; but all had failed. Their works of the Law had not secured his approbation; and they were therefore under condemnation. The word “glory” (δόξα doxa) is often used in the sense of praise, or approbation, John 5:41, John 5:44; John 7:18; John 8:50, John 8:54; John 12:43.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 23. For all have sinned: — And consequently are equally helpless and guilty; and, as God is no respecter of persons, all human creatures being equally his offspring, and there being no reason why one should be preferred before another, therefore his endless mercy has embraced ALL.

And come short of the glory of God — και υστερουνται της δοξης του θεου. These words have been variously translated. Failed of attaining the glory of God: Have not been able to bring glory to God: Stand in need of the glory, that is, the mercy of God. The simple meaning seems to be this: that all have sinned, and none can enjoy God's glory but they that are holy; consequently both Jews and Gentiles have failed in their endeavours to attain it, as, by the works of any law, no human being can be justified.