(A)We have all become like one who is unclean,
    and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment.
(B)We all fade like a leaf,
    and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

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All of us have become like one who is unclean,(A)
    and all our righteous(B) acts are like filthy rags;
we all shrivel up like a leaf,(C)
    and like the wind our sins sweep us away.(D)

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18 For I know that nothing good dwells (A)in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out.

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18 For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature.[a](A) For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 7:18 Or my flesh

24 Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from (A)this body of death?

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24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death?(A)

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By Grace Through Faith

(A)And you were (B)dead in the trespasses and sins (C)in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following (D)the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in (E)the sons of disobedience—

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Made Alive in Christ

As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins,(A) in which you used to live(B) when you followed the ways of this world(C) and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air,(D) the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient.(E)

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Now (A)Joshua was standing before the angel, (B)clothed with filthy garments.

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Now Joshua was dressed in filthy clothes as he stood before the angel.

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17 (A)For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, (B)blind, and naked. 18 I counsel you (C)to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and (D)white garments so that you may clothe yourself and (E)the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, (F)so that you may see.

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17 You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’(A) But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.(B) 18 I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire,(C) so you can become rich; and white clothes(D) to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness;(E) and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see.

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(A)All we like sheep have gone astray;
    we have turned—every one—to his own way;
(B)and the Lord has laid on him
    the iniquity of us all.

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We all, like sheep, have gone astray,(A)
    each of us has turned to our own way;(B)
and the Lord has laid on him
    the iniquity(C) of us all.

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For (A)we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.

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At one time(A) we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.

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I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear,
    but now my eye sees you;
therefore I despise myself,
    and repent[a] in (A)dust and ashes.”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 42:6 Or and am comforted

My ears had heard of you(A)
    but now my eyes have seen you.(B)
Therefore I despise myself(C)
    and repent(D) in dust and ashes.”(E)

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How then can man be (A)in the right before God?
    How can he who is (B)born of woman be (C)pure?

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How then can a mortal be righteous before God?
    How can one born of woman be pure?(A)

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Who can bring (A)a clean thing out of an unclean?
    There is not one.

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Who can bring what is pure(A) from the impure?(B)
    No one!(C)

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and be found in him, not having (A)a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but (B)that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith—

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and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law,(A) but that which is through faith in[a] Christ—the righteousness(B) that comes from God on the basis of faith.(C)

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  1. Philippians 3:9 Or through the faithfulness of

14 (A)What is man, (B)that he can be pure?
    Or he who is (C)born of a woman, that he can be righteous?
15 Behold, God[a] (D)puts no trust in his (E)holy ones,
    and the heavens are not pure in his sight;
16 (F)how much less one who is abominable and (G)corrupt,
    a man who (H)drinks injustice like water!

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  1. Job 15:15 Hebrew he

14 “What are mortals, that they could be pure,
    or those born of woman,(A) that they could be righteous?(B)
15 If God places no trust in his holy ones,(C)
    if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,(D)
16 how much less mortals, who are vile and corrupt,(E)
    who drink up evil(F) like water!(G)

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