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They have all turned aside. They have together become unprofitable. There is no one who does good, no, not, so much as one."
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Corrupt and Unprofitable
Commentators explain that the word 'unprofitable' carries a powerful meaning beyond simply being unhelpful. The original Hebrew word suggests something that has become morally corrupt, putrid, and spoiled, like sour milk or rotten fruit. In God's eyes, humanity, apart from His grace, is not just neutral but has become morally decayed and useless for righteousness.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
They have all gone out of the way. They have declined from the true path of piety and virtue.
They are together. …
They are together become unprofitable (αμα ηχρεωθησαν). First aorist passive indicative of αχρεοω. Late word in Polybius and Cilic…
19th Century
Anglican
They are together become unprofitable.—Here the adjective, “unprofitable,” is used to express a state of moral corruption…
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Baptist
There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable…
However, there is another argument waiting to be brought into play to seal the verdict. It is the testimony of Scripture. Writing to those who were…
16th Century
Protestant
It is added, There is no one who doeth kindness. By this we are to understand that they had put off every feeling of humanity. For as the …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
They are all gone out of the way In (Psalms 14:3); it is said, "they are all gone aside"; as persons in …
It is shown here again that all humankind are under the guilt of sin as a burden; and under the government and dominion of sin, enslaved by it to d…
13th Century
Catholic
After showing the Jews’ advantage over the Gentiles regarding God’s blessings, the Apostle now rejects their vainglory, by which they set…
