'There is no just man, not one;
3 11 no one who understands, no one who seeks God.
3 12 All have swerved aside, all alike have become debased;
there is no one to show kindness, no, not one.
3 13 [ Ps.5.9, Ps.140.3. ] Their throat is an open grave,
they use their tongues for treachery,
adders' venom is on their lips,
3 14 [ Ps.10.7. ] and their mouth is full of bitter curses.
3 15 [ Is.59.7-8. ] Their feet hasten to shed blood,
3 16 ruin and misery lie along their paths,
3 17 they are strangers to the high-road of peace,
3 18 [ Ps.36.1. ] and reverence for God does not enter their thoughts.'
3 19 Now all the words of the law are addressed, as we know, to those who are within the pale of the law, so that no one may have anything to say in self-defence, but the whole world may be exposed to the judgement of God. 3 20 [ Ps.143.2. ] For (again from Scripture) 'no human being can be justified in the sight of God' for having kept the law: law brings only the consciousness of sin.