SEV Biblia, Chapter 3:10
Como est escrito: No hay justo, ni aun uno;
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Romans 3:10
Verse 10. As it is written] See Psa. xiv. 1-3; from which this and the two following verses are taken. There is none righteous] This is true, not only of the Jews, but of the Gentiles; of every soul of man, considered in his natural and practical state, previously to his receiving the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ.
There is no righteous principle in them, and, consequently, no righteous act can be expected from them; see on ver. 12. God himself is represented as looking down from heaven to see if there were any that feared and sought after him; and yet he, who cannot be deceived, could find none! And therefore we may safely conclude there was none to be found.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 10. As it is written, there is none righteous, no, not one .] The several passages cited here, and in some following verses, are taken out of the Psalms and Isaiah; and are brought to prove, not only that the Jews are no better than the Gentiles, being equally corrupt and depraved as they; but also to show the corrupt state and condition of mankind in general: and the words are not always literally expressed, but the sense is attended to, as in this passage; for in the original text of ( Psalm 14:1), it is, there is none that doth good; from whence the apostle rightly infers, there is none righteous; for he that does not do good, is not righteous; and therefore if there is none on earth that does good and does not sin, there is none righteous upon earth, no, not one single person. The Jews allegorizing that passage in ( Genesis 19:31), there is not a man in the earth to come into us, remark on it thus, Urab qydx ya ya , there is not a righteous man in the earth; and there is not a man that rules over his imagination.
There is none righteous as Adam was, in a state of innocence; for all have sinned, and are filled with unrighteousness, and are enemies to righteousness; none are righteous by their obedience to the law of works; nor are there any righteous in the sight of God, upon the foot of their own righteousness, however they may appear in their own eyes, and in the sight of others; nor are any inherently righteous, for there is none without sin, sanctification is imperfect; nor is it, either in whole or in part, a saint's justifying righteousness; indeed there is none righteous, no, not one, but those who are justified by the righteousness of Christ imputed to them.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 9-18 - Here again is shown that all mankind are under the guilt of sin, as burden; and under the government and dominion of sin, as enslaved to it, to work wickedness. This is made plain by several passages of Scripture from the Old Testament, which describe the corrupt an depraved state of all men, till grace restrain or change them. Great a our advantages are, these texts describe multitudes who call themselve Christians. Their principles and conduct prove that there is no fear of God before their eyes. And where no fear of God is, no good is to be looked for.
Greek Textus Receptus
καθως 2531 ADV γεγραπται 1125 5769 V-RPI-3S οτι 3754 CONJ ουκ 3756 PRT-N εστιν 2076 5748 V-PXI-3S δικαιος 1342 A-NSM ουδε 3761 ADV εις 1520 A-NSM
Robertson's NT Word Studies
3:10 {As it is written} (kaqws gegraptai hoti). Usual formula of quotation as in verse #4 with recitative hoti added as in verse #8. Paul here uses a catena or chain of quotations to prove his point in verse #9 that Jews are in no better fix than the Greeks for all are under Sin. Dr. J. Rendel Harris has shown that the Jews and early Christians had _Testimonia_ (quotations from the Old Testament) strung together for certain purposes as proof-texts. Paul may have used one of them or he may have put these passages together himself. Verses #10-12 come from #Ps 14:1-3; first half of #13 as far as edoliousan from #Ps 4:9, the second half from #Ps 140:3; verse #14 from #Ps 10:7; #15-17 from an abridgment of #Isa 59:7f.; verse #18 from #Ps 35:1. Paul has given compounded quotations elsewhere (#2Co 6:16; Ro 9:25f.,27f; 11:26f.,34f.; 12:19f.). Curiously enough this compounded quotation was imported bodily into the text (LXX) of #Ps 14 after verse 4 in Aleph B, etc. {There is none righteous, no, not one} (ouk estin dikaios oude heis). "There is not a righteous man, not even one." this sentence is like a motto for all the rest, a summary for what follows.
