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The New Jerusalem and its Heavenly Teachings #16

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16. Goodness takes many forms. Basically, it can be spiritual or earthly, and these two types of goodness come together in what is genuinely good on the moral level. The same goes for types of truth as for types of goodness, because truths come from what is good and are forms of what is good.

  
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The Bible

 

John 8:34

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34 Jesus answered them, "Most certainly I tell you, everyone who commits sin is the bondservant of sin.