And he answered and said to Him, "Teacher, all these I have observed from my youth."
The young man said to Him, "All these have I kept from my youth. What do I still lack?"
Then Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, "One thing you lack: Go, sell all that you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, take up the cross, and follow Me."
But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"
For I was alive apart from the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived, but I died.
with respect to zeal, persecuting the church; with respect to righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from these people turn away!