Source of good / evil

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St. Augustine in his “Confessions” Book X, Ch.4:

“The good I do is done by you in me and by your grace: the evil is my fault; it is the punishment you send me.”

What does he mean by this line? So when I use the faculties of my will to do good, is that God acting through me or is it really me doing good with Gods help? I thought it sounded a bit extreme to think that human beings were completely corrupt and incapable of any good thing.
 
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St. Augustine in his “Confessions” Book X, Ch.4:

“The good I do is done by you in me and by your grace: the evil is my fault; it is the punishment you send me.”

What does he mean by this line? So when I use the faculties of my will to do good, is that God acting through me or is it really me doing good with Gods help? I thought it sounded a bit extreme to think that human beings were completely corrupt and incapable of any good thing.
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I believe the meaning of his words are that apart from God we can do no good, and any good that happens from us and through us is solely from the grace of God.

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