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Job 13:16

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Thomas Aquinas

Therefore, "he will be my savior," if my sins will be displeasing to me. He shows why God saves those who blame their own conduct in his presence saying, "for no hypocrite will come into his presence," for he is a hypocrite who although is unjust, nevertheless professes openly to be just and does not accuse his conduct in the presence of God. Therefore "he will not come into the presence of God," to see God in whom the ultimate salvation of man consists, something which Job will explain later at greater length (4:13 and 19:25). …

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