And He saidto him, "Whyare you askingMe aboutwhatis good?There is [only] Onewho is good;but ifyou wishto enterinto life,keepthe commandments."
And admonishedthem in order to turnthem backto Your law.Yet they actedarrogantlyand did not listento Your commandmentsbut sinnedagainst Your ordinances,By whichif a manobservesthem he shall live.And they turneda stubbornshoulderand stiffenedtheir neck,and would not listen.
You are goodand dogood;Teachme Your statutes.
Whydo you boastin evil,O mightyman?The lovingkindnessof God[endures] alldaylong.
"But the childrenrebelledagainst Me; they did not walkin My statutes,norwere they carefulto observeMy ordinances,by which,[if] a manobservesthem, he will live;they profanedMy sabbaths.So I resolvedto pourout My wrathon them, to accomplishMy angeragainst them in the wilderness.
So you shall keepMy statutesand My judgments,by whicha manmay liveif he doesthem; I am the LORD.
For Moseswritesthat the manwho practicesthe righteousnesswhich is basedon lawshall liveby that righteousness.
Everygoodthing givenand everyperfectgiftis from above,coming downfrom the Fatherof lights,with whomthereis novariationorshiftingshadow.
We have come to knowand have believedthe lovewhichGodhasfor us. Godis love,and the one who abidesin loveabidesin God,and Godabidesin him.
"Thereis nooneholylike the LORD,Indeed,thereis noonebesidesYou, Noris thereany rocklike our God.
