Realizing we are sinners, we try to better ourselves. We think self-improvement will correct our sin (Genesis 3:7), but our self-righteousness is as inadequate as the fig leaves were to cover Adam and Eve: But we are all as an unclean thing and all our righteousness are as filthy rags. (Isaiah 64:6)
Sapagkat kaming lahat ay naging parang marumi, at ang lahat naming katuwiran ay naging parang basahang marumi. (Isaias 64: 6)