beensufficient for theemperor’srepentance, buttheyhave doneso withouttakingasourceintoconsiderationwhichprovidesanearlycontemporaneousviewon thismuchdebatedissue.The highlypopular“hagiographicalnovel”aboutemperorConstantine’sconversion,theActusSilvestri–the“Deedsof Sylvester”–wasprobablywrittenin Romebetween390...
For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: For what. Romans 3:20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for ...
When we were controlled by our old nature, sinful desires were at work within us, and the law aroused these evil desires that produced a harvest of sinful deeds, resulting in death. English Standard Version For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, ...
A Sinful Woman Forgiven - Then one of the Pharisees asked Him to eat with him. And He went to the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to eat. And behold,