و َلَو كانَ الأمرُ كَذَلِكَ، لَكانَ عَلَيهِ أنْ يَتَألَّمَ مَرّاتٍ كَثِيْرَةً جِدّاً مُنذُ خَلقِ العالَمِ. لَكِنَّهُ ظَهَرَ مَرَّةً واحِدَةً عِندَ اقْتِرابِ نِهايَةِ التّارِيخِ لِكَيْ يُزِيلَ الخَطِيَّةَ بِذَبِيحَةِ نَفسِهِ.
otherwise it would have been necessary for him to suffer many times since the foundation of the world; but now once in the consummation of the ages he has appeared to abolish sin by the sacrifice of himself.
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