This can be expressed as an indirect quotation. Alternate translation: "says that it is not a sin, he" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations]])
Possible meanings are: 1) "the friend of" or 2) an idiom that means having the same character as. Alternate translation: "the same kind of person as" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])