Ezekiel 14:14
14 Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD.
Eze. 14:14. This shows that it is no new notion, lately first thought of in the world, that one may be favored of God for the sake of another's righteousness. It was old at Ezekiel's time, and it is not spoken of here as a false or unreasonable notion, as though there was no such thing as one's being accepted for the sake of another's righteousness; but only the wickedness of the Land was so great that the righteousness of these eminently holy men would not be sufficient to avail for them, or at most, that the righteousness of men is of so little worthiness that it is not sufficient to recommend any more than themselves. But the righteousness of Christ is sufficient. It is so excellent and worthy in God's account, that it is sufficient to procure favor for the vilest of sinners. Herein is Christ a more excellent and sufficient Mediator than Noah, Daniel, or Job, or the most holy and eminent of mere men. Noah was in the old world, but saved only himself and his family. Daniel was in Babylon when it was destroyed, and only saved himself. Job saved only himself by his righteousness, when all his children were destroyed. Each lived in a very degenerate time. Noah in the old world. Job when all nations were falling away to idolatry. Daniel in a most degenerate time in Israel.
Eze. 16:6