9 What then? Are we Jews any better off? No, not at all. For we have already charged that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under sin,Both Jews and Greeks are under sin, so we are both at fault.
10 as it is written:
“None is righteous, no, not one;
11 no one understands;
no one seeks for God.
No one seeks for God, so no one understands. There is none who is righteous, not even one. We have a habit to run from righteousness because the world says that is weird. We need to get over that.
12 All have turned aside; together they have become worthless;
no one does good,
not even one.”
We have a knack for turning aside from one thing, to another thing that catches our eye, and thus, a snare closes. We'll follow God, but we'll see something, and then follow that, it's kinda funny how little our attention span is.
13 “Their throat is an open grave;
they use their tongues to deceive.”
“The venom of asps is under their lips.”
We must watch our tongues, or it can lead to disastrous areas.
14 “Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.”
15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16 in their paths are ruin and misery,
17 and the way of peace they have not known.”
18 “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
It's funny how we are quick to anger, but slow to love, quick to strike, but slow to turn the other cheek. We tend to actually reverse what Christ said, not just not do it, but reverse it. We tend to have no thought on what right or wrong is, but only think on what will be good for us. We have a habit of loving ourselves more than our neighbor, we have a habit of disrespecting our parents, we have a habit of taking what we want even though it doesn't belong to us. We (as Christians) need to be a light to the world. Don't just tell them, that is useless, unless you actually live it. Actions speak louder than words, so let your actions speak for you.
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