Romans 3:12

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

Everyone has turned away [from God]. All of them have become worthless. No one is [always] kind; no, not even one person.”

Cross References

Matthew 25:30

Throw out that worthless servant into the [place of] outer darkness, where there will be crying and excruciating pain.

Romans 3:11

No one understands [everything]. No one looks to God [all the time].

Romans 3:13

[Psa. 5:9 says], “Their throats are like open graves [i.e., they are foul-mouthed]. They have spoken deceitfully.” [Psa. 90:3 says], “There is snake venom under their lips [i.e., their words are deadly].”

Ephesians 2:3

All of us [Jews] also once lived among such people, fulfilling the improper cravings of our physical being and doing what our bodies and minds desired. In this natural [unconverted] state we were deserving of [God’s] wrath, just like the rest [of mankind].

Philemon 1:11

He was once useless to me, but is now useful to [both] you and me. [Note: Since the name Onesimus means “useful,” it appears Paul is making an intentional play on the word].

1 Peter 2:25

For you people were wandering away like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.