ot subject to God, may be called injustice, as being contrary to the aforesaid justice, according to 1 Jn. 3:4 : "Whosoever committeth sin, committeth also iniquity; and sin is iniquity." And thus the removal of any sin is called the justification of the ungodly. Reply to Objecti…

virtue, as we shall state further on ( Q[58] , A[5] ), in which sense again all "sin is iniquity" ( 1 Jn. 3:4 ), through being contrary to justice. Reply to Objection 2: According to the Philosopher (Ethic. vi, 12), prudence regulates whatever is directed to the end, about which…

ed a general virtue: and in like manner injustice may be called a general sin; hence it is written ( 1 Jn. 3:4 ) that all "sin is iniquity." Whether justice, as a general virtue, is essentially the same as all virtue? Objection 1: It would seem that justice, as a general virtue,…