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Wisdom 15:2-4
New Catholic Bible
Wisdom 15:2-4
New Catholic Bible
2 Even if we sin, we are yours, for we acknowledge your power;
but we will not sin, for we know that we are yours.
3 To know you constitutes complete righteousness,
and to know your power constitutes the root of immortality.[a]
4 We have not been led astray by the evil creations of human skill
or by the barren toil of painters,
figures covered over with varied colors,
Footnotes
- Wisdom 15:3 Jesus will say: “Eternal life is this: to know you, the only true God” (Jn 17:3). This knowledge implies an intimate and personal union made up of knowledge and love.
