Romans Chapter 3 Vs. 19

 

No One Is Righteous

Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. Rom 3:19

to them who... For fear the Jews might think Rom. 3:10-18 do not apply to them, Paul here says that they apply to all under the law that every mouth might be stopped and the whole world become guilty before God.

This is speaking of every unredeemed human being.

Just the fact the Jews had the law did not make them not guilty of sin. In fact, if anything it made them guiltier, because they had the law and did not keep it. All have sinned. All have come short of the Glory of God.

that every mouth… There is no defense against the guilty verdict God pronounces on the entire human race.

All Are Conscious Of Sin

Paul concluded his discussion with a final statement to the Jews concerning the purpose and ministry of the Law. He included himself with his Jewish readers when he said, Now we know. The principle is obvious: the Law’s pronouncements are to those who are under the Law. The Law was not a special talisman that the Jews could obey or ignore as they wished; they were “under” it and accountable to God (cf. Jews and Gentiles being “under sin,” Rom. 3:9). The Law’s ministry was so that every mouth may be silenced (lit., “stopped”), and the whole world held accountable (lit., “become answerable”) to God.