"Death by Water" Annotations
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"Gentile or Jew" refers the reader to [[Romans 3]]: 9-12 | "Gentile or Jew" refers the reader to [[Romans 3]]: 9-12 | ||
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| + | ::::9. What shall we conclude then? Do we have any advantage? Not at all! For we have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles | ||
| + | ::::alike are all under the power of sin. | ||
| + | ::::10. As it is written: | ||
| + | ::::“There is no one righteous, not even one; | ||
| + | ::::11. there is no one who understands; | ||
| + | ::::there is no one who seeks God. | ||
| + | ::::12. All have turned away, | ||
| + | ::::they have together become worthless; | ||
| + | ::::there is no one who does good, | ||
| + | ::::not even one.” | ||
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| + | Everyone is alike in their rejection of God, and in their sin. Everyone is thus condemned. | ||
