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1 Timothy 1:9

Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

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Clement Of Alexandria

AD 215

Virtue can come only through voluntary choice. The law assumes this from the outset. Thus the commandments are not laid down for those who are already righteous.

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Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation - 2 Peter 1:20