Teks -- Romans 3:10 (NET)

3:10 just as it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one,

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Robertson: Rom 3:10 - As it is written

As it is written ( kathōs gegraptai hoti ).

Usual formula of quotation as in Rom 3:4 with recitative hoti added as in Rom 3:8. Paul here uses a catena or chain of quotations to prove his point in Rom 3:9 that Jews are in no better fix than the Greeks for all are under sin. Dr. J. Rendel Harris has shown that the Jews and early Christians had Testimonia (quotations from the Old Testament) strung together for certain purposes as proof-texts. Paul may have used one of them or he may have put these passages together himself. Rom 3:10-12 come from Psa 14:1-3; first half of Rom 3:13 as far as edoliousan from Psalms 4:9, the second half from Psa 140:3; Rom 3:14 from Psa 10:7; Rom 3:15-17 from an abridgment of Isa 59:7.; Rom 3:18 from Psa 35:1. Paul has given compounded quotations elsewhere (2Co 6:16; Rom 9:25.,27f; Rom 11:26.,34f.; Rom 12:19.). Curiously enough this compounded quotation was imported bodily into the text (lxx) of Psalms 14 after Rom 3:4 in Aleph B, etc.

Robertson: Rom 3:10 - There is none righteous, no, not one

There is none righteous, no, not one ( ouk estin dikaios oude heis ).

"There is not a righteous man, not even one."This sentence is like a motto for all the rest, a summary for what follows.

Wesley: Rom 3:10 - As it is written

That all men are under sin appears from the vices which have raged in all ages. St. Paul therefore rightly cites David and Isaiah, though they spoke primarily of their own age, and expressed what manner of men God sees, when he "looks down from heaven;" not what he makes them by his grace.

Wesley: Rom 3:10 - There is none righteous

This is the general proposition. The particulars follow: their dispositions and designs, Rom 3:11-12; their discourse, Rom 3:13-14; their actions, Rom 3:16-18. Psa 14:1, &c.

JFB: Rom 3:10-12 - As it is written, &c.

(Psa 14:1-3; Psa 53:1-3). These statements of the Psalmist were indeed suggested by particular manifestations of human depravity occurring under his own eye; but as this only showed what man, when unrestrained, is in his present condition, they were quite pertinent to the apostle's purpose.

Clarke: Rom 3:10 - As it is written

As it is written - See Psa 14:1-3; from which this and the two following verses are taken

Clarke: Rom 3:10 - There is none righteous

There is none righteous - This is true, not only of the Jews, but of the Gentiles; of every soul of man, considered in his natural and practical state, previously to his receiving the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ. There is no righteous principle in them, and, consequently, no righteous act can be expected from them; see on Rom 3:12 (note). God himself is represented as looking down from heaven to see if there were any that feared and sought after him; and yet he, who cannot be deceived, could find none! And therefore we may safely conclude there was none to be found.

Calvin: Rom 3:10 - NO PHRASE

10.=== As it is written, === etc. He has hitherto used proofs or arguments to convince men of their iniquity; he now begins to reason from authority; and it is to Christians the strongest kind of proof, when authority is derived from the only true God. And hence let ecclesiastical teachers learn what their office is; for since Paul asserts here no truth but what he confirms by the sure testimony of Scripture, much less ought such a thing to be attempted by those, who have no other commission but to preach the gospel, which they have received through Paul and others.

===There is none righteous, === etc. The Apostle, who gives the meaning rather than the entire words, seems, in the first place, before he comes to particulars, to state generally the substance of what the Prophet declares to be in man, and that is — that none is righteous; ⁹⁸ he afterwards particularly enumerates the effects or fruits of this unrighteousness.

Defender: Rom 3:10 - it is written

Rom 3:10-12 are partly quoted, partly adapted, from Psa 14:1-3, and Psa 53:1-3, which are practically identical."

TSK: Rom 3:10 - As it is // There // none

As it is : Rom 3:4, Rom 11:8, Rom 15:3, Rom 15:4; Isa 8:20; 1Pe 1:16

There : Psa 14:1-3, Psa 53:1-3

none : Rom 3:23; Job 14:4, Job 15:14, Job 15:16, Job 25:4; Jer 17:9; Mat 15:19; Mar 7:21, Mar 7:22; Mar 10:18; 1Co 6:9, 1Co 6:10; Gal 5:19-21; Eph 2:1-3, Eph 5:3-6; Col 3:5-9; 1Ti 1:9, 1Ti 1:10; 2Ti 3:2-5; Tit 3:3; 1Jo 1:8-10; Rev 21:8, Rev 22:15

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Poole: Rom 3:10 - As it is written // There is none righteous, no, not one

As it is written viz. in several places of Scripture, which he quotes in the following verses, giving us the sense, though not so strictly tying himself to the words; and this is a proper proof, to the Jews at least, whom he had called a little before the keepers of these oracles.

There is none righteous, no, not one: the more general proof with which he begins, is taken out of Psa 14:3 , and Psa 53:1 , upon which places see the annotations.

Haydock: Rom 3:10 - There is not any man just

There is not any man just, viz. virtue either of the law of nature, or of the law of Moses; but only by faith and grace. (Challoner) ---

The apostle here adduces a series of passages from the ancient Scripture, to convince both Jews and Gentiles, that not one amongst them was just, nor had any title to glory, on account of his good works. Not that a just man could not be found under the old law, or even before the law; an infinite number of passages of Scripture will shew the contrary: but he must be understood as speaking of man left to himself, as a son of Adam, conceived in sin, and brought forth a child of wrath. (Calmet) ---

These crimes, enumerated by the apostle, are not mentioned as if found in each individual, but some of this black catalogue of crimes were found in one man; some in another; yet so that all had become infected with sin and iniquity, all had deserted the path of virtue. There was none just, none found, who feared or sought after God. (Estius) ---

These texts of Scripture, though formerly, even before the times of St. Jerome and St. Augustine, they were found together in some Latin editions, viz. Psalm xiii. cannot be found united either in the Hebrew text, or Septuagint version, as St. Jerome affirms, in Præf. lib. xvi. commentar. in Isai. This, he says, all the Greek commentators allow. He says, that those who were ignorant of this apostle's art in uniting together the texts of different pasts of Scripture, upon finding no part where they were all together, placed them, without any authority, in that psalm whence the first part of the citation is taken. The words, an open sepulchre, are taken from Psalm xiii. (Hebrew text xiv.) the verse "Their throat is an open sepulchre, with their tongues they have dealt deceit fully," from Psalm v. "The venom of asps is under their lips," from Psalm cxxxix. "Whose mouth is full of curses and bitterness," from Psalm ix. "Their feet are swift," &c. as far as, there is no fear, from Isaias chap. lix. "There is not the fear of God before their eyes," from Psalm xxxv. (Estius)

Gill: Rom 3:10 - As it is written, there is none righteous, no, not one.

As it is written, there is none righteous, no, not one. The several passages cited here, and in some following verses, are taken out of the Psalms and Isaiah; and are brought to prove, not only that the Jews are no better than the Gentiles, being equally corrupt and depraved as they; but also to show the corrupt state and condition of mankind in general: and the words are not always literally expressed, but the sense is attended to, as in this passage; for in the original text of Psa 14:1, it is, "there is none that doth good"; from whence the apostle rightly infers, "there is none righteous"; for he that does not do good, is not righteous; and therefore if there is none on earth that does good and does not sin, there is none righteous upon earth, "no, not one" single person. The Jews allegorizing that passage in Gen 19:31, "there is not a man in the earth to come into us", remark ^u on it thus,

"Urab qydu vya Nya, "there is not a righteous man in the earth"; and there is not a man that rules over his imagination.''

There is none righteous as Adam was, in a state of innocence; for all have sinned, and are filled with unrighteousness, and are enemies to righteousness; none are righteous by their obedience to the law of works; nor are there any righteous in the sight of God, upon the foot of their own righteousness, however they may appear in their own eyes, and in the sight of others; nor are any inherently righteous, for there is none without sin, sanctification is imperfect; nor is it, either in whole or in part, a saint's justifying righteousness; indeed there is none righteous, no, not one, but those who are justified by the righteousness of Christ imputed to them.