Romans 3:23

King James Version (KJV)

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

Translations

Romans 3:23 - Amplified Bible

Since all have sinned and are falling short of the honor {and} glory which God bestows {and} receives.

Romans 3:23 - American Standard Version

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

Romans 3:23 - Bible in Basic English

For all have done wrong and are far from the glory of God;

Romans 3:23 - Darby Bible

for all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

Romans 3:23 - English Standard Version

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Romans 3:23 - King James Version

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

Romans 3:23 - La Biblia de las Americas

por cuanto todos pecaron y no alcanzan la gloria de Dios,

Romans 3:23 - The Message

Romans 3:23 - New American Standard Bible

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Romans 3:23 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

por cuanto todos pecaron y no alcanzan la gloria de Dios.

Romans 3:23 - World English Bible

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

Romans 3:23 - Young's Living Translation

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

Romans 3:23 - Additional Comments

Every person has sinned. But worse than just looking at a list of sins, every person is depraved and in the state described in vs 10-18.
Even those who some might consider moral - James 2:10 For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all.
The "glory of God" is His essence based on His righteousness. We have seen His glory in Jesus (John 1:1,14).
His essence flows from Him, so that it is visible and bright. (Luke 2:9, 14, 20.)
And, we are to give glory to God (Rev 14:7), meaning by lifting up God or doing what He wants, we make Him known, and we raise Him up in honor and esteem.
Man was made to glorify God. It is a sad state we are in, that no one is able to do that, that all fall short of the chief aim of man. All have sinned, and in sin, we cannot give Him glory. Yet, by faith in God, we can accomplish this, glorifying God.
So, by faith, not only are we arriving at the glory of God ourselves, we also glorify God by our faith, and now can regularly glorify God.
Yet again, it is a sad state because so few by faith get to their chief aim in life. They remain completely unfulfilled in life, and don't even know why.

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