Romans 3:23
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Cross-references
Romans 3:9 already charged that all are under sin — Romans 3:23 repeats this universal guilt.
Romans 3:19 states the law silences everyone, making the world accountable — the basis for the universal sinfulness in Romans 3:23.
Romans 3:25 presents Christ as propitiation — the remedy that directly addresses the universal sinfulness declared here.
Romans 3:10 cites Scripture that none are righteous — direct scriptural support for the universal sinfulness stated here.
Romans 5:2 presents the solution: access by faith into grace — contrasting the state of sin here with the state of grace.
In Romans 2:1-16, Paul argues that both Jews and Gentiles are guilty before God, reinforcing the universal sinfulness stated here.
Romans 5:12 traces universal sin to Adam’s one act — giving the origin and mechanism behind the condition stated here.
Romans 2:13 sets the standard of doing the law for justification — a bar no one meets, confirming the universal sinfulness declared here.
Romans 11:32 reveals that God consigned all to disobedience in order to show mercy, connecting universal sin to divine purpose.
Romans 1:28 describes God giving people over to depraved minds — an example of the sinfulness that Romans 3:23 declares universal.
1 John 1:8-10 affirms that claiming to be sinless is self-deception, directly reinforcing the universal sinfulness here.
Ecclesiastes 7:20 declares that no one on earth is righteous and never sins — an OT echo of the same universal truth.
Acts 17:30 commands all to repent because of their sin—directly building on the reality that all have sinned in Romans 3:23.
Psalm 14:3 says all have turned away and become corrupt—a direct antecedent to Romans 3:23's claim that all have sinned.
Ephesians 2:3 describes believers’ former sinful nature and state of wrath — echoing the universal sinfulness declared here.
Ephesians 2:13 shows those far off brought near by Christ’s blood — the remedy for the sinful condition described here.
Genesis 8:21 declares every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood, directly paralleling Paul's statement that all have sinned.
Galatians 3:22 says Scripture locked everything under sin, paralleling the universal bondage to sin described here.
2 Thessalonians 2:14 says believers are called to share in Christ's glory — opposite of the glory we fall short of here.
1 Peter 5:10 promises God calls believers to eternal glory, contrasting with falling short. It offers hope beyond sin.
Daniel 9:20 shows Daniel confessing his and Israel's sin—an example of the universal sin Romans 3:23 states, though specific.
1 Thessalonians 2:12 calls believers to live worthy of God who calls them into His glory — contrasting with falling short of glory.