“If they sin against thee—for there is no man who does not sin—and thou art angry with them, and dost give them to an enemy, so that they are carried away captive to the land of the enemy, far off or near;
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“If they sin against thee—for there is no man who does not sin—and thou art angry with them, and dost give them to an enemy, so that they are carried away captive to the land of the enemy, far off or near;
“If they sin against thee—for there is no man who does not sin—and thou art angry with them, and dost give them to an enemy, so that they are carried away captive to a land far or near;
What is man, that he can be clean? Or he that is born of a woman, that he can be righteous?
How then can man be righteous before God? How can he who is born of woman be clean?
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
What then? Are we Jews any better off? No, not at all; for I have already charged that all men, both Jews and Greeks, are under the power of sin,
I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me.
For we all make many mistakes, and if any one makes no mistakes in what he says he is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.