Eradicating Sin

Ἀπόστρεψον τὸ πρόσωπόν σου ἀπὸ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν μου καὶ πάσας τὰς ἀνομίας μου ἐξάλειψον. ̓Εξαλείφονται δὲ ἁμαρτίαι ἀπὸ τῆς μετουσίας τῶν ἀρετῶν· ὡς γὰρ ἡ ἐπιστήμη εἰς ψυχὴν ἐλθοῦσα ἐξαλείφει καὶ ἀφανίζει τὴν α γνοιαν, οὕτω παρουσίᾳ ἀρετῆς τελείας ἐξαλείφεται ἁμαρτία πᾶσα. Δυδυμος του Αλεξανδρεως, Εἰς Ψαλμους, Ψαλμος Ν' Source: Migne PG 39.1397d

'Turn your face from my sins and all my errors eradicate.' 1 Sin is eradicated by the possession of virtue, just as knowledge entering the mind eradicates and cleanses one of ignorance. Thus every sin is eradicated when perfected virtue is present. Didymus the Blind, Commentary on the Psalms, from Psalm 50 1 Ps 50.11