1 Timothy 1:9 Douay-Rheims

Knowing this, that the law is not made for the just man, but for the unjust and disobedient, for the ungodly, and for sinners, for the wicked and defiled, for murderers of fathers, and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

Clement of Alexandria

c. A.D. 150–215 Patristic

For when you take away the cause of fear, sin, you have taken away fear; and much more, punishment, when you have taken away that which gives rise to lust. "For the law is not made for the just man".

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A.D. 215 · on 1Tim 1:9 (The Stromata Book 4)

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.

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