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In the first book, clear definitions established that God is just in such a way that, if he could be proved unjust, he would be proved not to be God. Once no doubt remained about this, it also became clear that justice is simply the virtue that never judges unfairly or acts unfairly, but gives each person what belongs to that person, without deception or favoritism—that is, without showing partiality (Romans 2:11).

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Cum in primo volumine perspicuis definitionibus constitisset Deum ita iustum esse, ut, si probari posset iustus non esse, convinceretur Deus non esse, cumque super hoc remansisset nulla dubitatio, claruit etiam iustitiam nihil esse aliud quam virtutem numquam quidquam inique iudicantem, nihil inique facientem, sed reddentem sua unicuique sine fraude sine gratia, id est sine personarum acceptione.