And when he saw their faith, he said unto him,
Man, your sins are forgiven you.
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Irenaeus of Lyons
AD 202
Rightly then does His Word say to man, "Thy sins are forgiven thee; ".
But if indeed we had disobeyed the command of any other, while it was a different being who said, "Thy sins are forgiven thee; "