9. What, then, is the situation? Do we have any advantage? Not at all. We have already accused everyone (both Jews and Greeks) of being under the power of sin,
10. as Scripture says,“Not one person has God’s approval.
11. No one understands.No one searches for God.
12. Everyone has turned away.Together they have become rotten to the core.No one does anything good,not even one person.
13. Their throats are open graves.Their tongues practice deception.Their lips hide the venom of poisonous snakes.
14. Their mouths are full of curses and bitter resentment.
15. They run quickly to murder people.
16. There is ruin and suffering wherever they go.
17. They have not learned to live in peace.
18. They are not terrified of God.”
19. We know that whatever the Scriptures say applies to everyone under their influence, and no one can say a thing. The whole world is brought under the judgment of God.