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8You have neither heard, nor known, nor were your ears open in that time. For I knew that you would transgress greatly, and so I called you a transgressor from the womb.
12Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into this world, and through sin, death; so also death was transferred to all men, to all who have sinned.
7For behold, I was conceived in iniquities, and in sinfulness did my mother conceive me.
4Sinners have become foreigners from the womb; they have gone astray from conception. They have been speaking falsehoods.
4All have gone astray; together they have become useless. There is no one who does good; there is not even one.
3This is a very great burden among all things that are done under the sun: that the same things happen to everyone. And when the hearts of the sons of men are filled with malice and contempt in their lives, afterwards they shall be dragged down to hell.
1And you were once dead in your sins and offenses, 2in which you walked in times past, according to the age of this world, according to the prince of the power of this sky, the spirit who now works in the sons of distrust. 3And we too were all conversant in these things, in times past, by the desires of our flesh, acting according to the will of the flesh and according to our own thoughts. And so we were, by nature, sons of wrath, even like the others.
8If we claim that we have no sin, then we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9If we confess our sins, then he is faithful and just, so as to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all iniquity. 10If we claim that we have not sinned, then we make him a liar, and his Word is not in us.
10just as it was written: “There is no one who is just. 11There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks God. 12All have gone astray; together they have become useless. There is no one who does good; there is not even one. 13Their throat is an open sepulcher. With their tongues, they have been acting deceitfully. The venom of asps is under their lips. 14Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness. 15Their feet are swift to shed blood.
20The soul that sins, the same shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, and the father shall not bear the iniquity of the son. The justice of the just man shall be upon himself, but the impiety of the impious man shall be upon himself.
23For all have sinned and all are in need of the glory of God.
2The Lord has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men, to see if there were any who were considering or seeking God. 3They have all gone astray; together they have become useless. There is no one who does good; there is not even one. Their throat is an open sepulcher. With their tongues, they have been acting deceitfully; the venom of asps is under their lips. Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness. Their feet are swift to shed blood. Grief and unhappiness are in their ways; and the way of peace, they have not known. There is no fear of God before their eyes.