Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 20:3

[Ἑλλ. — ὁ στίχος ἀπουσιάζει ἀπὸ τὸ κύριο κείμενο τῶν Ο΄ (Rahlfs)· προσθήκη τῆς παλαιᾶς Λατινικῆς παράδοσης, ὅπως ἀκολουθεῖ τὸ KJV] ὡς ἀγαθὸν ἐλεγχθέντα δεῖξαι μετάνοιαν· οὕτω γὰρ φεύξῃ ἑκούσιον πλημμέλειαν.

King James Version (KJV)

How good is it, when thou art reproved, to shew repentance! for so shalt thou escape wilful sin.

Modern English

[How good it is, when corrected, to show repentance! That way you escape deliberate sin.]

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