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An Intertextuality Pair — one connection between two passages, shown as linked verse cards: the Later text and the Earlier text it quotes, alludes to or echoes. The Significance essay explains why the link matters and where it points in Christ.

Reference Type— how explicit the link is: Quotation, Allusion, or Echo
Connection Method(s)— how it carries meaning: e.g. Typology, Promise-Fulfillment, Analogy, Longitudinal Theme
Found via— where the connection was identified, e.g. the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge or an Anchor-Text Network

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Intertextuality Pair

Romans 3:10-18 → Psalm 14:1

Quotation

Later text

Romans 3:10BSB

As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one.

Earlier text

Psalm 14:1BSB

For the choirmaster. Of David. The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good.

+ 3 more earlier texts

Earlier text

Psalm 5:9BSB

For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.

Earlier text

Psalm 140:3BSB

They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah

Earlier text

Psalm 10:7BSB

His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.

Walk the Square · a single-voice walk of this pair around the Clowney square9:47

Significance

Paul assembles a "catena" of OT texts to demonstrate universal sinfulness. This is one of the most extensive chains in Romans, establishing the comprehensive scope of human guilt before God.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme + Contrast

Hermeneutical Notes

NT Use Pattern: Assimilated — Lead text of Paul's catena assembling seven OT texts (Pss 14, 53, 5, 140, 10, 36 + Isa 59:7-8) into a unified verdict that "none is righteous" — perhaps the most extensive single composite in the NT.

Linked Mentions 3

Intertextuality Pairs 3