If not from the Bible, where did this come from?

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I recently read that Christ did not say, “Love the sinner, hate the sin”.
Who said this?
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Hi,

I found it in Snopes:

"Posted 30 November, 2006 04:53 PM

It’s actually from St. Augustine. His letter 211 (c. 424) contains the phrase Cum dilectione hominum et odio vitiorum, which translates roughly as “With love for mankind and hatred of sins.”

The phrase has become more famous expressed as “Love the sinner but hate the sin” or “Hate the sin and not the sinner” (the latter form appearing in Mohandas Gandhi’s 1929 autobiography)."

Fr. Vincent Serpa, O.P.
 
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