Epistle of Ignatius to the Tarsians And again, "In that He died, He died unto sin once: but in that He liveth, He liveth unto God."[13] Origen Against Celsus Book II and as His death was necessary, because of the statement, "For in that He died, He died unto sin once,"[176] Origen Commentary on John Book I Indeed even one of the Corinthians to whom Paul declared that he knew nothing but Jesus Christ and Him crucified, should he learn Him who for our sakes became man, and so receive Him, he would become identified with the beginning of the good things we have spoken of; by the man Jesus he would be made a man of God, and by His death he would die to sin. For "Christ,[51]