14 “What are mortals, that they could be pure,
    or those born of woman,(A) that they could be righteous?(B)

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How then can a mortal be righteous before God?
    How can one born of woman be pure?(A)

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Surely I was sinful(A) at birth,(B)
    sinful from the time my mother conceived me.

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10 Create in me a pure heart,(A) O God,
    and renew a steadfast spirit within me.(B)

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Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit[a] gives birth to spirit.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. John 3:6 Or but spirit

Death Through Adam, Life Through Christ

12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man,(A) and death through sin,(B) and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned(C)

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All of us also lived among them at one time,(A) gratifying the cravings of our flesh[a](B) and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 2:3 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.

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