# “Without Him we can do nothing” by John Owen

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- Published: 2010-05-02T08:06:23-05:00
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“There is not any thing done in us or by us that is _holy and acceptable unto God_,
but is an effect of the Holy Spirit. It is His operation in us and by us. Without
Him we can do nothing, for without Christ we cannot (John 15:5), and by the Holy
Spirit alone is the grace of Christ communicated unto us and wrought in us. By Him
we are _regenerated_; by Him we are _sanctified_; by Him we are _cleansed_; by Him
we are _assisted_ in and unto every good work.”

–John Owen, [_The Holy Spirit and His Work_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/085151068X?tag=toletaupanre-20)
in _[The Works of John Owen](https://www.amazon.com/dp/085151068X?tag=toletaupanre-20)_,
ed. William Goold, 24 vols. (Edinburgh: Johnson & Hunter; 1850-1855; reprint by 
Banner of Truth, 1965), 3:27.

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