εἰ μὴ ἦλθον καὶ ἐλάλησα αὐτοῖς, ἁμαρτίαν οὐκ εἶχον → if I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin
(see also ἐκκλίνω): turn aside
declinare, to turn aside, avoid, 5.73.3.
