Quotation preserved partly in indirect speech
Collective letter 4.2.2
Free will has not been lost, since the Lord says through the prophet: “If you are willing and listen to me, you will eat the good things of the land; if you are unwilling and do not listen, the sword will eat you” (Isaiah 1:19–20). Accordingly, grace also helps each person’s good purpose, but does not plant the pursuit of virtue in someone who resists, because there is no partiality with God (Romans 2:11; Colossians 3:25).
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Surviving material from the bishops’ letter; not a recovered complete text. Open the Latin source witness on each section.
Surviving material from the bishops’ letter as Augustine quotes it in Against Two Letters of the Pelagians II–IV. Not a recovered complete letter.
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- Fragments Augustine, Against Two Letters of the Pelagians II–IV (Latin · Collective letter)
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