If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him (James 1:5). And because wisdom is directly related to the situation in which one would show wisdom, wisdom can never arrive too late.
Knowledge is just wisdom removed from a situation; and there is a place for knowledge. But specifically with this verse, there is so much hope because so long as you are willing to do what is right at any cost, God will show you what to do before it is too late! How does this relate to purity? Here's how: if you ask God for wisdom, you have to be willing to act on that wisdom, else it is just more knowledge. You have to be willing to act in accordance with your beliefs. Same with purity, one who aspires for purity must do so in sound judgment, in full knowledge that purity isn't something you just stumble upon. It isn't something like innocence (or virginity) that you can lose, but rather it can be aspired for. You can't ask God to make you a virgin again; that's silly; but you can ask God to help you be pure and undefiled before Him. It's an ever striving task and one that deserves a commitment. If anyone desires purity, it takes planning and careful consideration to get there. It takes maxims and established "laws." In most senses laws are a good thing. They are definitive and promote "lines-in the-sand."
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