Romans Chapter 3 Vs. 12

No One Is Righteous

They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. Rom 3:12

They are all... This is true of all people (Isa. 53:6; Rom. 1:21-32; 3:23; 5:12-21).

together become unprofitable... Greek: achreioo, to make useless. The whole mass of mankind is as a slain, putrid mass thrown together in heaps.

They have no inner spiritual capacity whereby they can normally and automatically exercise genuine kindness toward others. Instead sin causes them to be selfish and self-centered.

These seven condemnatory phrases end with the words not even one, which are also in Rom. 3:10. This repetition stresses that not a single exception in the human race (except, of course, the Son of God) can be found.

Though Paul did not quote Psm. 14:2, “The Lord looks down from heaven on the sons of men,” that verse is significant, for what follows in that psalm is God’s indictment of humanity.

Even the Jews who had the law were not keeping it. The priests were twisting the law around and carrying their own customs out in the temple rather than carrying out God’s law. Jesus came to save the lost world. Just as this Scripture says, no one truly deserves to be saved.

Basically meaning: “To go or choose the wrong way”, much as a soldier running the wrong way or deserting. All men are inclined to leave God’s way and pursue their own.

“None that doeth good”: Nine times (in verses 10-17), Paul uses words such as “none” and “all” to show the universality of human sin and rebellion.