Rom 3:23: “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God…” Was Mary a sinner?
Did Jesus sin? Obviously not. So, there must be an exception to this passage.
| The problem with this is that the word ‘ALL’ here is the Greek word, “πα̃ς” or “pas”, which can have different meanings to the absolute that we immediately think of – as shown in other verses of Holy Scripture. |
πας adjective – nominative singular masculine
pas pas: apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole
John 12:19, “All the world has gone after him!” Did everyone in the entire world really go after Christ?
Mt 3:5-6, ” Then went out to him Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region about the Jordan, and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.”
Were all of the people of Judea, and the region about the Jordan baptized?
Luke 2:1 “In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled
Rom 11:26, “all Israel will be saved.” Will everyone in Israel truly be saved?
Rom 15:14, “I myself am satisfied about you, my brethren, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to instruct one another….” The only person filled with ‘ALL’ knowledge is God Himself.
The Greek word ‘pas’ in many verses in Scripture simply means a ‘great number’, ‘most of’, or ‘a lot’. So, its appearance in the quoted passage can in no way be used as an objection to the sinlessness of the Virgin Mary.