{As it is written} (kath(9373) gegraptai hoti). Usual formula
of quotation as in verse 4 with recitative hoti added as in
verse 8 . Paul here uses a catena or chain of quotations to
prove his point in verse 9 that Jews are in no better fix than
the Greeks for all are under sin. Dr. J. Rendel Harris has shown
that the Jews and early Christians had _Testimonia_ (quotations
from the Old Testament) strung together for certain purposes as
proof-texts. Paul may have used one of them or he may have put
these passages together himself. Verses 10-12 come from Ps
14:1-3 ; first half of 13 as far as edoliousan from Ps 4:9 ,
the second half from Ps 140:3 ; verse 14 from Ps 10:7 ;
15-17 from an abridgment of Isa 59:7f. ; verse 18 from Ps
35:1 . Paul has given compounded quotations elsewhere ( 2Co 6:16 Ro 9:25f.,27f 11:26f.,34f. 12:19f. ). Curiously enough this
compounded quotation was imported bodily into the text (LXX) of
Ps 14 after verse 4 in Aleph B, etc. {There is none righteous,
no, not one} (ouk estin dikaios oude heis). "There is not a
righteous man, not even one." This sentence is like a motto for
all the rest, a summary for what follows.
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