Often misunderstood part of the Bible (Romans 3:9-20)

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What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we before laid to the charge both of Jews and Greeks, that they are all under sin; 10. as it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one; 11. There is none that understandeth, There is none that seeketh after God; 12. They have all turned aside, they are together become unprofitable; There is none that doeth good, no, not, so much as one: 13. Their throat is an open sepulchre; With their tongues they have used deceit: The poison of asps is under their lips: 14. Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: 15. Their feet are swift to shed blood; 16. Destruction and misery are in their ways; 17. And the way of peace have they not known: 18. There is no fear of God before their eyes. 19. Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it speaketh to them that are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God: 20. because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight; for through the law cometh the knowledge of sin. (Romans 3:9-20)

This part of our dear brother Paulos' letter form Rome, is often misunderstood, like that it describe also the christian's, even though, it describes the situation, before our Lord. And Paulos' pointed here that even the Jews was in under the sin, even though they have the law, like the writings tell us, that the Jews law was for the knowledge of sin, but it not actually released form the sinning, just by doing the works of the law.
 
Both groups, Jews and Gentiles, that lived under the OT laws were "all under sin" for they did not have the shed blood of Christ to remit their sins/wash their sins away and those OT laws did not provide anyway to have their sins remitted. At the end of Romans 3 Paul gives the solution to this problem of being "under sin", that solution being Jesus Christ. Any and all from both groups, Jew and Gentile, that obey the gospel of Christ/obey from the heart that form of doctrine are then "freed from sin", Rom 6;17,18. The context in Rom 3:9-20 is sometimes erroneously used to try and "prove" original sin/total depravity but that is never in Paul's mind at all.
 
Can some rely claim that this next describe's a reborn christian in the Lord Jesus?

10. as it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one; 11. There is none that understandeth, There is none that seeketh after God; 12. They have all turned aside, they are together become unprofitable; There is none that doeth good, no, not, so much as one: 13. Their throat is an open sepulchre; With their tongues they have used deceit: The poison of asps is under their lips: 14. Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: 15. Their feet are swift to shed blood; 16. Destruction and misery are in their ways; 17. And the way of peace have they not known: 18. There is no fear of God before their eyes.(Romans 3:10-18)

It is absolutely absurd claim, to say that, that describe's the holy ones of God.

But if you can't see even this obvious thing, then how can you the rest of the truth?

Wake up people's