Can any human being be really pure? Can anyone be right with God?

Can anyone be righteous or pure in God's sight?

Then what about a human being, that worm, that insect? What is a human life worth in God's eyes?

When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son who was like him, and he named him Seth.

I have been evil from the day I was born; from the time I was conceived, I have been sinful.

You carry us away like a flood; we last no longer than a dream. We are like weeds that sprout in the morning,

A person is born physically of human parents, but is born spiritually of the Spirit.

Sin came into the world through one man, and his sin brought death with it. As a result, death has spread to the whole human race because everyone has sinned.

Those who obey their human nature cannot please God.

But you do not live as your human nature tells you to; instead, you live as the Spirit tells you to---if, in fact, God's Spirit lives in you. Whoever does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.

Actually all of us were like them and lived according to our natural desires, doing whatever suited the wishes of our own bodies and minds. In our natural condition we, like everyone else, were destined to suffer God's anger.

The angel answered, "The Holy Spirit will come on you, and God's power will rest upon you. For this reason the holy child will be called the Son of God.