14 “What are mortals, that they could be pure,
    or those born of woman,(A) that they could be righteous?(B)

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20 Indeed, there is no one on earth who is righteous,(A)
    no one who does what is right and never sins.(B)

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Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure;(A)
    I am clean and without sin”?(B)

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

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How then can a mortal be righteous before God?
    How can one born of woman be pure?(A)
If even the moon(B) is not bright
    and the stars are not pure in his eyes,(C)
how much less a mortal, who is but a maggot—
    a human being,(D) who is only a worm!”(E)

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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

All have turned away,(A) all have become corrupt;(B)
    there is no one who does good,(C)
    not even one.(D)

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46 “When they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin(A)—and you become angry with them and give them over to their enemies, who take them captive(B) to their own lands, far away or near;

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If we claim to be without sin,(A) we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.(B) If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins(C) and purify us from all unrighteousness.(D) 10 If we claim we have not sinned,(E) we make him out to be a liar(F) and his word is not in us.(G)

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in which you used to live(A) when you followed the ways of this world(B) and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air,(C) the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient.(D) All of us also lived among them at one time,(E) gratifying the cravings of our flesh[a](F) and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 2:3 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.

22 But Scripture has locked up everything under the control of sin,(A) so that what was promised, being given through faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who believe.

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Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit[a] gives birth to spirit.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. John 3:6 Or but spirit

29 This only have I found:
    God created mankind upright,
    but they have gone in search of many schemes.”

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Surely I was sinful(A) at birth,(B)
    sinful from the time my mother conceived me.

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“Indeed, I know that this is true.
    But how can mere mortals prove their innocence before God?(A)

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36 “When they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin(A)—and you become angry with them and give them over to the enemy, who takes them captive(B) to a land far away or near;

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