Answer: No man is able, either of himself₁, or by any grace received in this life, perfectly to keep the commandments of God₂; but does daily break them in thought₃, word, and deed.₄

1. Jas 3:2; Jn 15:5; Rom 8:3;
2. Eccl 7:20; 1 Jn 1:8, 10; Gal 5:17; Rom 7:18–19;
3. Gen 6:5; 8:21;
4. Rom 3:9–19; Jas 3:2–13.