Luke 18:19
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19 “Why do you call me good?” Jesus asked him. “Only God is truly good.
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James 1:17
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17 Whatever is good and perfect is a gift coming down to us from God our Father, who created all the lights in the heavens.[a] He never changes or casts a shifting shadow.[b]
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Job 15:14-16
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14 Can any mortal be pure?
Can anyone born of a woman be just?
15 Look, God does not even trust the angels.[a]
Even the heavens are not absolutely pure in his sight.
16 How much less pure is a corrupt and sinful person
with a thirst for wickedness!
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- 15:15 Hebrew the holy ones.
Hebrews 7:26
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26 He is the kind of high priest we need because he is holy and blameless, unstained by sin. He has been set apart from sinners and has been given the highest place of honor in heaven.[a]
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- 7:26 Or has been exalted higher than the heavens.
Job 25:4
New Living Translation
4 How can a mortal be innocent before God?
Can anyone born of a woman be pure?
Job 14:4
New Living Translation
4 Who can bring purity out of an impure person?
No one!
1 Timothy 3:16
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16 Without question, this is the great mystery of our faith[a]:
Christ[b] was revealed in a human body
and vindicated by the Spirit.[c]
He was seen by angels
and announced to the nations.
He was believed in throughout the world
and taken to heaven in glory.
Luke 11:13
New Living Translation
13 So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him.”
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Luke 1:35
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35 The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the baby to be born will be holy, and he will be called the Son of God.
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