Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may you also do good, that are accustomed to doing evil.
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
Moreover, what did the prophet say? “If the Ethiopian changes his skin and the leopard its spots, this people will be able to do well, when it has learned evil.” He did not mean that it was impossible for them to practice virtue, but that they did not wish to do so; therefore, they could not.
