I am Patrick, a sinner, most uncultivated and least of all the faithful and despised in the eyes of many.

I most certainly believe that it is the gift of God that I am what I am. And so I dwell amongst barbarians, a proselyte and an exile, for the love of God.

I was made a sinner by deriving my being from Adam; I am made just by being washed in the blood of Christ and not by Christ's 'words and example.'

I see that already in this present world I am exalted above measure by the Lord. And I was not worthy nor such a one as that he should grant this to me, since I know most surely that poverty and affliction become me better than delights and riches.

I am a sinner. This is the most accurate definition. It is not a figure of speech, a literary genre. I am a sinner.

I am a recovering alcoholic.