Romans 3:23

New Living Translation

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

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.

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

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 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

¹⁹ Obviously, the law applies to those to whom it was given, for its purpose is to keep people from having excuses, and to show that the entire world is guilty before God. ²⁰ For no one can ever be made right with God by doing what the law commands. The law simply shows us how sinful we are. ²¹ But now God has shown us a way to be made right with him without keeping the requirements of the law, as was promised in the writings of Moses and the prophets long ago. ²² We are made right with God by placing our faith in Jesus Christ. And this is true for everyone who believes, no matter who we are. ²³ For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God's glorious standard. ²⁴ Yet God, in his grace, freely makes us right in his sight. He did this through Christ Jesus when he freed us from the penalty for our sins. ²⁵ For God presented Jesus as the sacrifice for sin. People are made right with God when they believe that Jesus sacrificed his life, shedding his blood. This sacrifice shows that God was being fair when he held back and did not punish those who sinned in times past, ²⁶ for he was looking ahead and including them in what he would do in this present time. God did this to demonstrate his righteousness, for he himself is fair and just, and he makes sinners right in his sight when they believe in Jesus. ²⁷ Can we boast, then, that we have done anything to be accepted by God? No, because our acquittal is not based on obeying the law. It is based on faith. ²⁸ So we are made right with God through faith and not by obeying the law.

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
neither wild plants nor grains were growing on the earth. For the Lord God had not yet sent rain to water the earth, and there were no people to cultivate the soil.

Genesis 3:19
By the sweat of your brow will you have food to eat until you return to the ground from which you were made. For you were made from dust, and to dust you will return."

Genesis 4:2
Later she gave birth to his brother and named him Abel. When they grew up, Abel became a shepherd, while Cain cultivated the ground.

Genesis 4:12
No longer will the ground yield good crops for you, no matter how hard you work! From now on you will be a homeless wanderer on the earth."

Genesis 9:20
After the flood, Noah began to cultivate the ground, and he planted a vineyard.

Ecclesiastes 5:9
Even the king milks the land for his own profit!

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.