“Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:”
Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness. From Psalm 10:7. Cursing (katara) and bitterness (pikria) overflow from mouths shaped by sin. The list of vices focuses on speech and relational corruption, revealing how sin infects human community.
Church Fathers on Romans 3:14
He had accused the Gentiles, he had accused the Jews; it came next in order to mention the righteousness which is by faith. For if the law of nature availed not, and the written Law was of no advantage, but both weighed down those that used them not aright, and made it plain that they were worthy of greater punishment, then after this the salvation which is by grace was necessary. Speak then of it, O Paul, and display it. But as yet he does not venture, as having an eye to…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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