Rô-ma 3:23
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
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Study Note
The declaration 'for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God' functions as the summary conclusion to Romans 1:18-3:20, Paul's extensive argument for universal human moral failure. The phrase 'fall short of the glory' (husterountai tes doxes) may allude to humanity's original created purpose (bearing God's image/glory) that sin has corrupted. The universality ('all') is emphatic in context: Paul has systematically foreclosed every human claim to exception — Gentiles (1:18-32), moral philosophers (2:1-16), and Jews with Torah (2:17-3:20). The verse is theologically incomplete without its continuation (3:24: 'justified freely by his grace'), which provides the resolution to the universal problem just stated.
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for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;
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