Romans 3:12

They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. THEY ARE ALL GONE OUT OF THE WAY, THEY ARE TOGETHER BECOME UNPROFITABLE; THERE IS NONE THAT DOETH GOOD, NO, NOT ONE (Psalms 14:1; Psalms 53:1). From generals the apostle now comes to particulars, culling from different parts of Scripture passages which speak of depravity as it affects the different members of the body; as if to show more affectingly how, "from the sole of the foot even to the head, there is no soundness" in us....

12.It is added, (99) _There is no one who doeth kindness _By this we are to understand, that they had put off every feeling of humanity. For as the best bond of mutual concord among us is the knowledge of God, (as he is the common Father of all, he wonderfully unites us, and without him there is nothing but disunion,) so inhumanity commonly follows where there is ignorance of God, as every one, when he despises others, loves and seeks his own good....

9-18 Here again is shown that all mankind are under the guilt of sin, as a burden; and under the government and dominion of sin, as enslaved to it, to work wickedness. This is made plain by several passages of Scripture from the Old Testament, which describe the corrupt and depraved state of all men, till grace restrain or change them. Great as our advantages are, these texts describe multitudes who call themselves Christians. Their principles and conduct prove that there is no fear of God before their eyes. And where no fear of God is, no good is to be looked for....

Verse Romans 3:12. _THEY ARE ALL GONE OUT OF THE WAY_] παντες εξεκλιναν, they have all _diverged_ from the right way, they have either _abandoned_ or _corrupted_ the _worship_ of God: the _Jews_, in forsaking the _law_ and the _prophets_, and the _Gentiles_, in acting contrary to the _law which God had written on their hearts_. And the departure of both from the _truth_ proves the evil propensity of human nature in general. _THEY ARE TOGETHER BECOME UNPROFITABLE_] ηχρειωθησαν. They are _useless_, good for nothing; or, as the Hebrew has it, נאלחו _neelachu_, _they are putrid_: he views the whole mass of mankind as _slain_ and _thrown together_, to _putrefy in heaps_. This is what is termed the _corruption_ of human nature; they are _infected_ and _infectious_. What

THEY HAVE ALL GONE OUT OF THE WAY - They have “declined” from the true path of piety and virtue. THEY ARE TOGETHER - They have at the same time; or they have equally become unprofitable. They are as one; they are joined, or united in this declension. The expression denotes union, or similarity. BECOME UNPROFITABLE - This word in Hebrew means to become “putrid” and “offensive,” like fruit that is spoiled. In Arabic, it is applied to “milk” that becomes sour. Applied to moral subjects, it means to become corrupt and useless. They are of no value in regard to works of righteousness. THERE IS NONE ... - This is taken literally from the Hebrew....

EXPOSITION ROMANS 3:1 (2) _Certain objections with regard to the Jews suggested and met. _In_ _this passage, before proceeding with his argument, the apostle meets certain objections that might be made to what has been so far said. Some difficulty in determining his exact meaning arises from the concise and pregnant form in which the objections are put and answered, and from fresh ones arising out of the answers, which have also to be met. The objections are from the Jewish standpoint, though not put into the mouth of an objecting Jew, but rather suggested as likely ones by St. Paul himself. To the original readers of the Epistle, who were familiar with the tone of Jewish thought, the sequence of the ideas would probably be more obvious than to us. Reserving special consideration of successive clauses for our exposition of each verse, we may,

THEY ARE ALL GONE OUT OF THE WAY,.... In Psalms 14:3; it is said, "they are all gone aside"; as persons in debt: man had a considerable stock of righteousness, holiness, knowledge, c. but he has run through all, has contracted large and numerous debts, has been obliged to hide himself, has been used as a bankrupt, and turned out of house and home: Christ indeed has undertook to pay, and he has paid all the debts of his people and has put them into a better state than ever Adam was in: in Psalms 53:3, it is rendered, "everyone of them is gone back"; that is, from God; from his commands, and from their former state and condition: here the phrase is rendered by the apostle, "they are all gone out of the way": that is, out of the way of God and his precepts, out of the way of holiness and righteousness, of light and

Romans 3:1. _What advantage then hath the Jew? Or what profit is there of circumcision?_ If, after all, both Jew and Gentiles were under sin, what advantage had the Jew by the covenant under which he lived? Or what was the benefit to him of the circumcision which was his distinctive mark? Romans 3:2. _Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God._ The Jews were God's chronicle-keepers. They had to guard the holy Books, «the oracles of God.» They had also to preserve the knowledge of the truth by those divers rites and ceremonies by which God was pleased to reveal himself of old time. Romans 3:3. For what if some did not believe? Shall their unbeli

ROMANS 3:12 @ouvk e;stin# (2) {C} The second instance of ouvk e;stin is absent from several witnesses (B 1739 syrp Origen), which in this respect differ from the Septuagint text of Psalms 13:3. Although the non-Septuagintal reading is generally to be preferred when it appears that the other reading has been assimilated to the Septuagint, in this case a majority of the Committee preferred the longer reading, supported as it is by the mass of witnesses, considering it probable that ouvk e;stin was deleted as superfluous. At the same time, because of the weight of the combination of witnesses that omit the words (B 1739 syrp Origen), it was...

CHAPTER 3:1-20 _ 1. Objections and Their Answers. (Romans 3:1 .)_ 2. The Whole World Under Sin. (Romans 3:9 .) Romans 3:1 A number of objections are next raised and answered. “What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?” Such would be the natural question of the Jew after reading the argument that the Jew is on the same level with the Gentile. This objection is stated here for the first time. It is important, for the Jews are God's chosen people and as the Apostle states later, to them belongs “the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God and the promises” ...