Does Romans 3:19 say all the world may become fit for heaven?
No. Romans 3:19 declares that every mouth may be stopped and all the world may become guilty before God, not fit for heaven. Many think it should say the world becomes fit for heaven, but the text instead brings universal guilt.
Les explains that Romans 3:19 initially says to them who are under the law, to Israel, but then goes on to the whole human race. Many people think it should say all the world may become fit for heaven, but Les stresses that is not what it says. Instead, the verse says every mouth may be stopped and all the world may become guilty before God. He emphasizes “guilty” twice: all the world may become guilty before God. There is no way of getting into a place of freedom and liberty as long as you are guilty. The lost will be brought to the great white throne with no argument, realizing they have been guilty of unbelief and rejecting, and they will go to their eternal doom. No one will slip in or barter with Peter at the pearly gate.
Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
More Questions
Does Romans 3:19 say the world becomes righteous or guilty before God?
According to Romans 3:19, what the world becomes before God is guilty, not righteous; many people wrongly think keeping the law will let them make it.
Does Romans 3:19 apply to the whole world or only to Israel?
Although only Israel was under the law, Romans 3:19 is addressed to the whole human race and stops every mouth, so the law condemns all mankind, not just Israel.
What does Romans 3:19 mean that every mouth may be stopped and all the world become guilty before God?
The Bible says the Law stops every mouth so that all the world may be found guilty, and pronouncing guilt on every human being is all the Law could do — not provide a way to Heaven.
Does Romans 3 say the whole world is under the condemnation of the Law?
As Romans 3 says, all the world came under the condemnation power of the Law, proving that no one is righteous, not one.