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Is Anyone Perfect?

Genesis 6:9 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God. (KJV)

Job 1:8 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? (KJV)

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Romans 3:10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: (KJV)

Romans 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; (KJV)

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Because we are all sinners by nature, none of us are truly perfect. Neither were Noah and Job. The word used in Gen 6:9 and Job 1:8 is the Hebrew word 'tam', which means (according to Strong's Concordance) 'complete; usually (morally) pious; specifically, gentle, dear'.  It doesn't mean sinless. Not a contradiction.

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