nor did he expect to be personally justified before God by any righteousness of his own, the imperfection of which he was sensible of, but by the righteousness of his living Redeemer
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Job 9:20
Job 9:20
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain
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