8. Why not say, "Let’s do evil things so that good things will come out of it"? (Some people who slander us accuse us of saying that, but these people deserve criticism.)
9. So what are we saying? Are we better off? Not at all. We have already stated the charge: both Jews and Greeks are all under the power of sin.
10. As it is written, There is no righteous person, not even one.
11. There is no one who understands. There is no one who looks for God.