Eclesiastes 7
Bede
Eclesiastes 7:20
There are less serious sins about which it has been written that "there is not a righteous person on earth who does what is good and does not sin," and, "No living person will be made righteous in your sight." — Commentary on the Catholic Epistles, 2 Peter 1:10
Eclesiastes 7:20
The Lord himself gives us sure confidence of obtaining what we properly ask when he adds, "Therefore if you, although you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father from heaven give his good Spirit to those who ask him?" His disciples were good, as far as human judgment can see. He calls them "evil" because there is surely no one in this life who is capable of being free from moral faults, as Solomon states when he says, "There is not a just person on earth, who does good and does not sin." — Homilies on the Gospels 2:14
Eclesiastes 7:29
Our struggle against the vices has not been naturally implanted in us by God our Father and Creator but is proved to have befallen us from our love of this world, which we preferred to our Creator. For God made human beings upright, and they have involved themselves in endless questions, as Solomon bears witness. Hence James also says, "Let no one, when he is tempted, say that he is tempted by God. For God is not the instigator of evil, for he himself tempts no one. Each one, in fact, is tempted, drawn on and lured by his own concupiscence." — Commentary on the Catholic Epistles, 1 John 2:16