For if the truth of God has more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
The logic of this argument can easily tend toward the absurdity that good comes out of evil and that evil is the cause of good. In that case, one of two options follows: Either God is clearly unjust in punishing, or if he does not punish, then he gets his victory from our vices. Either of these conclusions is absurd.
