9 What then? Do Jews have any advantage? Definitely not, because we showed earlier that both Jews and other nationalities are all under sin’s shadow 10 [ref]just like it was written long ago:

‘No one is guiltless,

not even one person.

11 No one understands,

there’s not even one person trying to find God.

12 Everyone has turned away,

it was a waste of time.

No one is being kind,

Not even one person.’

13 [ref]‘Their words lead to death,

their tongues are deceptive.’

‘Their lips spray out poison.’

14 [ref]‘Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.’

15 [ref]‘They rush off to go and shed blood.

16 They leave trails of destruction and misery—

17 they don’t know the path that leads to peace.’

18 [ref]Revering God isn’t at the front of their minds.

19 We know that whatever the law says, it’s for everyone that the law applies to, so that no one can speak against it, and the whole world will be bound by God’s judgement. 20 [ref]No human will be declared guiltless in front of God by their keeping the law, because it’s the law that teaches what sin is.