Total Depravity

Crooked <FI>is<Fi> the heart above all things, And it <FI>is<Fi> incurable--who doth know it?

Also you--being dead in the trespasses and the sins, — read the full passage →

and the natural man doth not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for to him they are foolishness, and he is not able to know <FI>them<Fi> , because spiritually they are discerned;

Lo, in iniquity I have been brought forth, And in sin doth my mother conceive me.

no one is able to come unto me, if the Father who sent me may not draw him, and I will raise him up in the last day;

And Jehovah seeth that abundant <FI>is<Fi> the wickedness of man in the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart only evil all the day;

for all did sin, and are come short of the glory of God--

The wicked have been estranged from the womb, They have erred from the belly, speaking lies.

according as it hath been written--`There is none righteous, not even one; — read the full passage →

And we are as unclean--all of us, And as a garment passing away, all our righteous acts; And we fade as a leaf--all of us. And our iniquities as wind do take us away.

because the mind of the flesh <FI>is<Fi> enmity to God, for to the law of God it doth not subject itself,

among whom also we all did walk once in the desires of our flesh, doing the wishes of the flesh and of the thoughts, and were by nature children of wrath--as also the others,

for I have known that there doth not dwell in me, that is, in my flesh, good: for to will is present with me, and to work that which is right I do not find,

Doth a Cushite change his skin? and a leopard his spots? Ye also are able to do good, who are accustomed to do evil.

and he said, `Because of this I have said to you--No one is able to come unto me, if it may not have been given him from my Father.'

being darkened in the understanding, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart,

Also you--being dead in the trespasses and the sins,

because of this, even as through one man the sin did enter into the world, and through the sin the death; and thus to all men the death did pass through, for that all did sin;

All did go out of the way, together they became unprofitable, there is none doing good, there is not even one.

Because there is not a righteous man on earth that doth good and sinneth not.

and Jehovah smelleth the sweet fragrance, and Jehovah saith unto His heart, `I continue not to disesteem any more the ground because of man, though the imagination of the heart of man <FI>is<Fi> evil from his youth; and I continue not to smite any more all living, as I have done;

because the mind of the flesh <FI>is<Fi> enmity to God, for to the law of God it doth not subject itself, — read the full passage →

because, having known God they did not glorify <FI>Him<Fi> as God, nor gave thanks, but were made vain in their reasonings, and their unintelligent heart was darkened,

Jesus answered them, `Verily, verily, I say to you--Every one who is committing sin, is a servant of the sin,

and thanks to God, that ye were servants of the sin, and--were obedient from the heart to the form of teaching to which ye were delivered up;

and ye do not will to come unto me, that ye may have life;

even being dead in the trespasses, did make us to live together with the Christ, (by grace ye are having been saved,)

according as it hath been written--`There is none righteous, not even one; — read the full passage →

All of us like sheep have wandered, Each to his own way we have turned, And Jehovah hath caused to meet on him, The punishment of us all.

for we were once--also we--thoughtless, disobedient, led astray, serving desires and pleasures manifold, in malice and envy living, odious--hating one another;

Jesus answered and said to him, `Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born from above, he is not able to see the reign of God;'

The whole have turned aside, Together they have been filthy: There is not a doer of good, not even one.

for the wages of the sin <FI>is<Fi> death, and the gift of God <FI>is<Fi> life age-during in Christ Jesus our Lord.

and of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou dost not eat of it, for in the day of thine eating of it--dying thou dost die.'

according as it hath been written--`There is none righteous, not even one;

so, then, to whom He willeth, He doth kindness, and to whom He willeth, He doth harden. — read the full passage →

for revealed is the wrath of God from heaven upon all impiety and unrighteousness of men, holding down the truth in unrighteousness.

`And this is the judgment, that the light hath come to the world, and men did love the darkness rather than the light, for their works were evil;

and he--he is a propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world,

for when ye were servants of the sin, ye were free from the righteousness,

This <FI>is<Fi> an evil among all that hath been done under the sun, that one event <FI>is<Fi> to all, and also the heart of the sons of man is full of evil, and madness <FI>is<Fi> in their heart during their life, and after it--unto the dead.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

And you--being dead in the trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh--He made alive together with him, having forgiven you all the trespasses,

so, then--not of him who is willing, nor of him who is running, but of God who is doing kindness:

because of this, even as through one man the sin did enter into the world, and through the sin the death; and thus to all men the death did pass through, for that all did sin; — read the full passage →

for from within, out of the heart of men, the evil reasonings do come forth, adulteries, whoredoms, murders, — read the full passage →

if we may say--`we have not sin,' ourselves we lead astray, and the truth is not in us;

And you--once being alienated, and enemies in the mind, in the evil works, yet now did he reconcile,

For in our being still ailing, Christ in due time did die for the impious;

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

for I am not ashamed of the good news of the Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation to every one who is believing, both to Jew first, and to Greek.

for the word of the cross to those indeed perishing is foolishness, and to us--those being saved--it is the power of God,

and he who is making a difference, if he may eat, hath been condemned, because <FI>it is<Fi> not of faith; and all that <FI>is<Fi> not of faith is sin.

for as through the disobedience of the one man, the many were constituted sinners: so also through the obedience of the one, shall the many be constituted righteous.

he who hath believed, and hath been baptized, shall be saved; and he who hath not believed, shall be condemned.

because <FI>it is<Fi> God who said, Out of darkness light <FI>is<Fi> to shine, who did shine in our hearts, for the enlightening of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

From the sole of the foot--unto the head, There is no soundness in it, Wound, and bruise, and fresh smiting! They have not been closed nor bound, Nor have they softened with ointment.

What <FI>is<Fi> man that he is pure, And that he is righteous, one born of woman? — read the full passage →

if we may say--`we have not sin,' ourselves we lead astray, and the truth is not in us; — read the full passage →

he who is believing in the Son, hath life age-during; and he who is not believing the Son, shall not see life, but the wrath of God doth remain upon him.'

and said, `Verily I say to you, if ye may not be turned and become as the children, ye may not enter into the reign of the heavens;

But though thou dost wash with nitre, And dost multiply to thyself soap, Marked is thine iniquity before Me, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

`When they sin against Thee (for there is not a man who sinneth not), and Thou hast been angry with them, and hast given them up before an enemy, and they have taken captive their captivity unto the land of the enemy far off or near;

that ye were at that time apart from Christ, having been alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, having no hope, and without God, in the world;

And we the spirit of the world did not receive, but the Spirit that <FI>is<Fi> of God, that we may know the things conferred by God on us,

So, then, as through one offence to all men <FI>it is<Fi> to condemnation, so also through one declaration of `Righteous' <FI>it is<Fi> to all men to justification of life;

What, then? are we better? not at all! for we did before charge both Jews and Greeks with being all under sin, — read the full passage →

But your iniquities have been separating Between you and your God, And your sins have hidden The Presence from you--from hearing.

See, this alone I have found, that God made man upright, and they--they have sought out many devices.

and apart from faith it is impossible to please well, for it behoveth him who is coming to God to believe that He is, and to those seeking Him He becometh a rewarder.

in which once ye did walk according to the age of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience,

Also you--being dead in the trespasses and the sins, — read the full passage →

And law came in, that the offence might abound, and where the sin did abound, the grace did overabound,

And the nations hearing were glad, and were glorifying the word of the Lord, and did believe--as many as were appointed to life age-during;

`And this is the will of the Father who sent me, that all that He hath given to me I may not lose of it, but may raise it up in the last day;

but as many as did receive him to them he gave authority to become sons of God--to those believing in his name, — read the full passage →

`Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that art killing the prophets, and stoning those sent unto thee, how often did I will to gather thy children together, as a hen doth gather her own chickens under the wings, and ye did not will.

To the Overseer. --By David. A fool hath said in his heart, `God is not;' They have done corruptly, They have done abominable actions, There is not a doer of good. — read the full passage →

because thou sayest--I am rich, and have grown rich, and have need of nothing, and hast not known that thou art the wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked,

liberty to them promising, themselves being servants of the corruption, for by whom any one hath been overcome, to this one also he hath been brought to servitude,

but the Writing did shut up the whole under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ may be given to those believing.

happy the man to whom the Lord may not reckon sin.'

the times, indeed, therefore, of the ignorance God having overlooked, doth now command all men everywhere to reform,

Who giveth a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

and if wrong in your eyes to serve Jehovah--choose for you to-day whom ye do serve; --whether the gods whom your fathers served, which <FI>are<Fi> beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorite in whose land ye are dwelling; and I and my house--we serve Jehovah.'

if we may say--`we have not sinned,' a liar we make Him, and His word is not in us.

for, if having escaped from the pollutions of the world, in the acknowledging of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and by these again being entangled, they have been overcome, become to them hath the last things worse than the first, — read the full passage →

who did save us, and did call with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, that was given to us in Christ Jesus, before the times of the ages,

having foreordained us to the adoption of sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,

for we have known that the law is spiritual, and I am fleshly, sold by the sin;

and they said, `Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved--thou and thy house;'

`And that in the good ground: These are they, who in an upright and good heart, having heard the word, do retain <FI>it<Fi> , and bear fruit in continuance.

`Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest,

And Pharaoh hath drawn near, and the sons of Israel lift up their eyes, and lo, the Egyptians are journeying after them, and they fear exceedingly, and the sons of Israel cry unto Jehovah. — read the full passage →

Blessed <FI>is<Fi> the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to the abundance of His kindness did beget us again to a living hope, through the rising again of Jesus Christ out of the dead,

because to you it was granted, on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also on behalf of him to suffer;

and God, being rich in kindness, because of His great love with which He loved us,

For, when nations that have not a law, by nature may do the things of the law, these not having a law--to themselves are a law;

who the righteous judgment of God having known--that those practising such things are worthy of death--not only do them, but also have delight with those practising them.

that which we have seen and heard declare we to you, that ye also may have fellowship with us, and our fellowship <FI>is<Fi> with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ;