Letter 144
To Olympius the Scholasticus [an advocate, i.e. a lawyer].
God forbid. The divine Apostle does not say concerning himself, "I see another law in my members taking me captive through sin" [Romans 7:23]; rather, he utters such things in the person of those who are indeed troubled by carnal passions, yet who set themselves in opposition, and who for the most part conquer, but who now and then are also conquered by being carried away.
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Latin / Greek Original
Μὴ γένοιτο. Οὐ λέγει περὶ ἑαυτοῦ ὁ θεῖος Ἀπόστολος, ὅτι, «Βλέπω ἕτερον νόμον ἐν τοῖς μέλεσί μου αἰχμαλωτιζόντα με διὰ τῆς ἁμαρτίας»· ἀλλ’ ἐκ προσώπου τὰ τοιαῦτα φθέγγεται τῶν ὀχλουμένων μὲν ὑπὸ σαρκικῶν παθῶν, πλὴν ἀντιτασσομένων, καὶ νικώντων μὲν τὰ πολλά, ἔσθ’ ὅτε δὲ καὶ κατὰ συναπαγὴν νικωμένων.
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- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
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