Art thou able to keep all these things perfectly?
No truly: for by nature I am prone to the hatred of God, and of my Neighbours.
Proofs
- No (Romans 3:10,23; 1 John 1:8)
- truly: for by nature I am prone to the hatred of God, and of my (Romans 8:7; Ephesians 2:3; Titus 3:3)
- Neighbours.
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