David F. Wells Quotes

God’s holiness, then, is not only the opposite of evil; it is the measure by which we know evil to be evil.

David F. Wells

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• God’s holiness, then, is not only the opposite of evil; it is the measure by which we know evil to be evil.

  

  David F. Wells
  • Evil
  • Opposite
  • Holiness