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For it is not a saint but a sinner that is forgiven, and under the…

Quote byJohn Wesley · 1703–1791

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Sermons on Several Occasions (1771), Sermon 5 "Justification by Faith".

English (original)

For it is not a saint but a sinner that is forgiven, and under the notion of a sinner. God justifieth not the godly, but the ungodly; not those that are holy already, but the unholy.

— John Wesley

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