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No person left to himself is able to do what is good or think what is true; he can do so only with the Lord's help, as is clear in John,
Man cannot receive* anything unless it is given him from heaven.
John 3:27. He who abides in Me, and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for without Me you can do nothing. John 15:5.
From this it is evident that no one can draw another away from sins,
that is, forgive them, except the Lord alone. * The Latin means do but the Greek means receive, which Sw. has in most other places where he quotes this verse.
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