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He begins by laying out our need for the gospel. We should strive to obey not because we need to earn God’s favor but because we love Jesus. If we compare ourselves with other people we might find ourselves becoming self righteous like pharisees. But if we look only at our own hearts we’ll see we are completely unworthy of God’s favor. But God’s grace is greater than all our sins.