{ bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '11653860' }}, Any idea that claims to be truth but is contrary to God’s Word is not truth. { bidder: 'criteo', params: { networkId: 7100, publisherSubId: 'cdo_topslot' }}, "sign-in": "https://dictionary.cambridge.org/auth/signin?rid=READER_ID", For human beings goodness involves right behavior, expresses itself in kindness and other praiseworthy qualities, includes avoiding evil, and springs from the inner person. addPrebidAdUnits(pbAdUnits); { bidder: 'onemobile', params: { dcn: '8a969411017171829a5c82bb4deb000b', pos: 'cdo_mpuslot_flex' }},

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{ bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '346693' }}, An evil person is evil within ( Gen 6:5 ; Mark 7:14-23 ; and parallels). His goodness is praised in the psalms ( 25:8 ; 34:8 ; 86:5 ; 100:5 ; 118:1 ; 136:1 ; 145:9 ). { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '11654157' }}, enableSendAllBids: false, { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_btmslot' }}]}, For the Christian or the faithful Israelite, goodness has never been a matter of outward behavior alone; it comes from within. Playwrights today might settle all too readily for a stenographer's role, but they have within themselves the power of gods. { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_topslot' }}]}, Jesus affirms the Father's goodness when speaking to the rich young ruler ( Matt 19:17 ; Mark 10:18 ; Luke 18:19 ). "Grace is another attribute that is part of the manifold of God's love. { bidder: 'criteo', params: { networkId: 7100, publisherSubId: 'cdo_mpuslot' }}, bidderSequence: "fixed" bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162036', zoneId: '1666926', position: 'btf' }}, googletag.pubads().setTargeting("cdo_tc", "resp"); 'buckets': [{

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{ bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '11654150' }}, But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions — it is by grace you have been saved (Ephesians 2:4-5). { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_mpuslot2' }}]}]; The goodness God's people exhibit shows itself in various moral qualities, notably kindness; hesed [d,s,j], translated "goodness" or "kindness, " serves as one of the major synonyms of tob [b'f], "good, " in the Old Testament. bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162036', zoneId: '776144', position: 'btf' }}, cmpApi: 'iab', { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '446384' }}, { bidder: 'criteo', params: { networkId: 7100, publisherSubId: 'cdo_mpuslot' }}, { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195453', size: [320, 100] }}, name: "pbjs-unifiedid",