Romans 3:23
King James Version
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Romans 3:23 in context
21But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
22Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
23For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
24Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
25Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
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- Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- Isaiah 53:6All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
- 1 John 1:8If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
- Ecclesiastes 7:20For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
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