And He saidto him, "Whyare you askingMe aboutwhatis good?There is [only] Onewho is good;but ifyou wishto enterinto life,keepthe commandments."
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.
"Thereis nooneholylike the LORD,Indeed,thereis noonebesidesYou, Noris thereany rocklike our God.
We have come to knowand have believedthe lovewhichGodhasfor us. Godis love,and the one who abidesin loveabidesin God,and Godabidesin him.
"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.
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.
Everygoodthing givenand everyperfectgiftis from above,coming downfrom the Fatherof lights,with whomthereis novariationorshiftingshadow.
Whydo you boastin evil,O mightyman?The lovingkindnessof God[endures] alldaylong.
You are goodand dogood;Teachme Your statutes.
