Romans 3:15, Romans 3:16 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Romans 3:1-18

I. Here the apostle answers several objections, which might be made, to clear his way. No truth so plain and evident but wicked wits and corrupt carnal hearts will have something to say against it; but divine truths must be cleared from cavil. Object. 1. If Jew and Gentile stand so much upon the same level before God, what advantage then hath the Jew? Hath not God often spoken with a great deal of respect for the Jews, as a non-such people (Deut. 33:29), a holy nation, a peculiar treasure, the... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Romans 3:9-18

3:9-18 What then? Are we Jews out ahead? By no means. For we have already charged all Jews and Greeks with being under the power of sin, as it stands written: "There is none righteous, no not one. There is no man of understanding. There is none who seeks the Lord. All have swerved out of the way, and all together have gone bad. There is none whose acts are good, not one single one. Their throat is an open tomb. They practise fraud with their tongues. The poison of asps is under their lips.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 3:15

Their feet are swift to shed blood. The sins of the heart and mouth are before described, and now the sins of action are taken notice of; for "the feet" are the instruments of motion and action: and when these are said to be "swift to shed blood", it denotes the readiness and eagerness of men, to murder innocent creatures; which shows the dreadful malice and hatred that is in them. The words are cited from Isaiah 59:7 , and seem to point at the times of Manasseh, who shed so much innocent... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 3:15

Their feet are swift to shed blood - They make use of every means in their power to destroy the reputation and lives of the innocent. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 3:9-18

Total depravity of human nature. Here we have a dark picture of human nature in its fallen and unregenerate state. (The Bible view of human nature is more fully enlarged on below, on Romans 3:21-26 .) Here the apostle, as it were, calls up before him the different parts of human nature, and obtains from each of them an admission and an evidence of the moral corruption with which they are tainted. "My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a different... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 3:9-20

(3) The testimony of the Old Testament to human sinfulness. Objections having been thus raised and met, the apostle now confirms his position, that all mankind, Jew as well as Gentile, are under sin, by adducing the Scriptures of the Jews themselves. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 3:9-20

Every mouth stolid. The charge has been made against Gentiles and Jews; it is now forced home, and especially against the self-excusing Jews, by the unimpeachable verdict of God's own Word. We have here—universal sin and universal guilt. I. UNIVERSAL SIN . Some of the quotations referred in the first instance more particularly to Gentiles, some to Jews. But the fact that any of them referred to Jews is of itself sufficient for the apostle's purpose, viz. to cut away from under... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 3:9-20

Knowledge of sin through the Law. Having described the Jewish privileges and the Divine judgment for the abuse of these privileges, the apostle now proceeds to ask and to answer the question, "Are we [Jews] preferred ( προεχόμετα )?" This means, in God's esteem; and it is answered without hesitation, "No, in no wise." And the proof has already been given: "For we before laid to the charge both of Jews and Greeks, that they are all under sin" (Revised Version). We are, consequently, face... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 3:10-18

As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: there is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are altogether become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one ( Psalms 14:1-7 . or 53.). Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they hays used deceit ( Psalms 5:9 ); the poison of asps is under their lips ( Psalms 140:3 ): whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness ( Psalms 10:7 ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 3:15

Their feet ... - The quotation in this and the two following verses, is abridged or condensed from Isaiah 59:7-8. The expressions occur in the midst of a description of the character of the nation in the time of the prophet. The apostle has selected a few expressions out of many, rather making a reference to the entire passage, than a formal quotation. The expression, “their feet are swift,” etc., denotes the eagerness of the nation to commit crime, particularly deeds of injustice and cruelty.... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Romans 3:1-18

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Romans 3:9-18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Romans 3:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 3:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 3:9-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 3:9-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 3:9-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 3:9-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Romans 3:10-18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Romans 3:15

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