Direct quotation
Against Julian 3.26.61
The apostle was portraying a Jewish person living under the law when he said: “I know that good does not dwell in me, that is, in my flesh” (Romans 7:18); “It is not I who do it, but sin that dwells in me” (Romans 7:17); “Evil lies close beside me” (Romans 7:21); and “I see another law in my members, fighting against the law of my mind” (Romans 7:23).
Latin
Non enim, sicut tu argumentaris: "Iudaeum sub lege positum describebat Apostolus dicentem: Scio quia non habitat in me, hoc est in carne mea, bonum; et: Non ego operor illud, sed quod habitat in me, peccatum; et: Mihi malum adiacet; et: Video aliam legem in membris meis, repugnantem legi mentis meae [n75] ; sed describebat humanam in hac corruptibili carne naturam, non opere Dei cum vitio primitus institutam, sed ex voluntatis arbitrio veniente primorum hominum vitio sauciatam. Cuius enim vox est: Infelix ego homo, quis me liberabit de corpore mortis huius? Gratia Dei per Iesum Christum Dominum nostrum [n76] ? Numquid Iudaei? Absit; sed sine dubitatione Christiani. Eius ergo voces sunt etiam illae superiores, ex quibus haec consequenter expressa est. Ipse enim dixit: Gratia Dei me liberabit de corpore mortis huius per Iesum Christum Dominum nostrum; qui dicebat: Video aliam legem in membris meis, repugnantem legi mentis meae [n77] .
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Earlier four-book work to Turbantius, surviving as excerpts arranged by Augustine’s witness. Latin source text is on each section when recovered.
English follows Julian’s words as Augustine excerpts them in Against Julian. This is not a recovered complete To Turbantius.
Witnesses
- Copy-text Augustine, Against Julian (Latin · Excerpts arranged by Augustine’s books)
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