3:9 Believers are not better than unbelievers because we have all sinned.

3:10-12 In our flesh, no one is good, and no one seeks God (Psalm 14:1-3; 53:1-3)

3:13 Ephesians 2:1-3 – Dead man walking

Psalm 5:9 – Dead inside, but they deceive people with their tongue. (Lies – Ps 5:6)

Psalm 140:3 – Poison = bad doctrine. They justify themselves, even though they are not good (Romans 2:14-15).

Matthew 23:25-28 – Like whited sepulchres

3:14 Psalm 10:7 – The pride of the wicked in that he curses believers (Psalm 10:2).

Bitterness = he resents that he doesn’t get eternal life when the poor do (Matthew 5:3).