14 “What(A) is man, that he could be pure?
And he who is born of a woman, that he could be righteous?

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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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(A)How then can man be righteous before God?
Or how can he be (B)pure who is born of a woman?

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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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(A)Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
And cleanse me from my sin.

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(A)Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,
And in sin my mother conceived me.

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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 (A)Create in me a clean heart, O God,
And renew a steadfast spirit within 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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That which is born of the flesh is (A)flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

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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 in Adam, Life in Christ(A)

12 Therefore, just as (B)through one man sin entered the world, and (C)death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned—

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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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(A)among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in (B)the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and (C)were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.

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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.