Romans 3:11 (DRB)

Passage

There is none that understandeth: there is none that seeketh after God.

Nearby Context

Romans 3:9 What then? Do we excel them? No, not so. For we have charged both Jews and Greeks, that they are all under sin.

Romans 3:10 As it is written: There is not any man just.

Romans 3:11 There is none that understandeth: there is none that seeketh after God.

Romans 3:12 All have turned out of the way: they are become unprofitable together: there is none that doth good, there is not so much as one.

Romans 3:13 Their throat is an open sepulchre: with their tongues they have dealt deceitfully. The venom of asps is under their lips.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "none", "understandeth", "seeketh", and "after". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "none" and "understandeth", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "As it is written There is not..." into verse 12's "All have turned out of the way...", so "none" and "understandeth" belong inside that flow. In Romans context, the local focus is righteousness by faith, union with Christ, life in the Spirit, and God's covenant faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "none" and "understandeth" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.