Romans 3:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 3:10

As it is written - The apostle is reasoning with Jews; and he proceeds to show from their own Scriptures, that what he had affirmed was true. The point to be proved was, that the Jews, in the matter of justification, had no advantage or preference over the Gentiles; that the Jew had failed to keep the Law which had been given him, as the Gentile had failed to keep the Law which had been given him; and that both, therefore, were equally dependent on the mercy of God, incapable of being justified... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Romans 3:9-18

Romans 3:9-18. What then Well then, (may a Jew further urge,) since you grant that the Jews have the advantage of the Gentiles in point of privileges, having the oracles of God, the promises which he will never fail to observe, and the principles of righteousness which he will never himself violate in his conduct, are we not in a better condition for obtaining justification by our own obedience to his law? No, in no wise The apostle answers, that all are equal in that point, both Jews... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Romans 3:9-20

All humankind is sinful (3:9-20)From his discussion on the state of the Gentile and Jewish worlds, Paul concludes that the whole human race is under the power of sin (9). He quotes from the Old Testament Scriptures to show how sin affects every part of human life. Sin causes people to be rebellious against God, both in their thoughts and in their actions (10-12). It causes their speech to be harmful and destructive (13-14) and their plans to be violently selfish (15-17). They have no respect... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Romans 3:10

The quotation (Romans 3:10-18 ) is from several passages, of O.T. All refer to the same subject. Figure of speech Gnome ( App-6 ). verses: Romans 3:10-12 (general) are from Ecclesiastes 7:20 . Psalms 14:2 , Psalms 14:3 ; Psalms 53:2 , Psalms 53:3-4 ; verses: Romans 3:13-18 (particular) are from Psalms 5:9-10 ; Psalms 140:3 ; Psalms 10:7 . Isaiah 59:7 , Isaiah 59:8 . Psalms 36:1 . Verification of these references, from the standpoint of Paul's argument, throws much light upon the O.T. passage,... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Romans 3:10-19

Romans 3:10-19. As it is written— In these verses and quotations from Scripture, the Apostle is evidently giving a description of the general character and morals of the infidel Jews in his own time, when he wrote the Epistle; a description, which suits their case as exactly as the foregoing one of the degeneracy of the heathen world suits theirs, the passage being picked and chosen for the purpose; but the manner of representing it is different. In the case of the Gentiles, he speaks out... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Romans 3:10

10-12. As it is written, c.— (Psalms 14:1-3 Psalms 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 more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 3:9-20

C. The guilt of all humanity 3:9-20Having now proven all people, Jews and Gentiles, under God’s wrath, Paul drove the final nail in mankind’s spiritual coffin by citing Scriptural proof. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Romans 3:10-18

Paul was writing to a primarily Gentile congregation, so he concluded rather than began his argument with an appeal to Scripture. Contrast the writer of the Epistle to the Hebrews who took the opposite approach when he addressed a primarily Jewish readership. The collection of passages Paul used both affirmed the universality of sin (Romans 3:10-12) and showed its pervasive inroads into all areas of individual and corporate life (Romans 3:13-18).In Romans 3:10-12 statement of the universality... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 3:1-31

The New Way of Acceptance with GodIn Romans 1, 2 St. Paul has shown that both Gentile and Jew have sinned wilfully, and are under God’s condemnation. He now digresses to Jewish objections against the gospel, which he had, no doubt, heard urged in synagogues (Romans 3:1-8). Returning to the main subject, he clinches his indictment of the Jew out of the Scriptures, and concludes that all the world is ’under the judgment of God’ (Romans 3:9-20).Having thus shown that man is sinful and lost, he now... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Romans 3:9-20

(9-20) Once more the argument returns to the main track, and at last the Apostle asserts distinctly and categorically what he had already proved indirectly, that the Jew is every whit as bad as the Gentile. read more

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