Romans 7:19 Douay-Rheims

For the good which I will, I do not; but the evil which I will not, that I do.

John Chrysostom

A.D. 347–407 Patristic

Do you see, how he acquits the essence of the soul, as well as the essence of the flesh, from accusation, and removes it entirely to sinful actions? For if the soul willeth not the evil, it is cleared: and if he does not work it himself, the body too is set free, and the whole may be charged upon the evil moral choice. For willing is indeed natural, and is from God: but willing on this wise is our own, and from our own mind.

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A.D. 407 · on Rom 7:19-20 (Homily on Romans 13)

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