“ Man cannot commit a sin so great as to exhaust the infinite love of God. ”
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov (1880). copy citation
Author | Fyodor Dostoyevsky |
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Source | The Brothers Karamazov |
Topic | sin love |
Date | 1880 |
Language | English |
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Note | Translated by Constance Garnett |
Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/28054/28054-h/28054-h.html https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Brothers_Karamazov |
Context
““Fear nothing and never be afraid; and don't fret. If only your penitence fail not, God will forgive all. There is no sin, and there [pg 051] can be no sin on all the earth, which the Lord will not forgive to the truly repentant! Man cannot commit a sin so great as to exhaust the infinite love of God. Can there be a sin which could exceed the love of God? Think only of repentance, continual repentance, but dismiss fear altogether. Believe that God loves you as you cannot conceive; that He loves you with your sin, in your sin.”
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