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for if he did not make them abound, the world with those who inhabit it would not have life—
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and he is called the giver, because if he did not give out of his goodness so that those who have committed iniquities might be relieved of them, not one ten-thousandth of humankind could have life;
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and the judge, because if he did not pardon those who were created by his word and blot out the multitude of their sins
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there would probably be left only very few of the innumerable multitude."
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.