I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
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Cornelius a Lapide
AD 1637
I came not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance i.e, to call them by means of repentance to grace and future glory. Hence as S. Ambrose acutely remarks, "If grace flows from repentance, he who thinks little of repentance forfeits grace."
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