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Morals

St Basil the Great, tr. Lowther Clarke, 1925

Chapter 26

That every word or thing should be confirmed by the testimony of inspired Scripture, for the assuring of the good and the rebuking of the bad.

Mt. iv. 3 αὐτῷ after προσελθών K; 4 omit ὁ before ἄνθρωπος K; Acts ii. 4 ἅπαντες for πάντες K, αὐτοῖς before ἀποφθέγγεσθαι K; ii. 12 διηπόρουν for διηποροῦντο K, ἂν θέλοι for θέλει K, εἶναι before τοῦτο**; 13 χλευάζοντες for διαχλευάζοντες K; 14 add ὁ before Πέτρος, ἅπαντες for πάντες K; 15–17.

That one should use illustrations drawn from nature and the familiar course of life for the confirmation of what is done or said.

Mt. vii. 15 add δέ after προσέχετε K; 16; 17; Lk. v. 30 οἱ γρ. αὐτῶν καὶ οἱ Φαρ. for οἱ Φαρ. καὶ οἱ γρ. αὐ. K; 31 αὐτοῖς for πρὸς αὐτούς*; 2 Tim. ii. 4; 5.

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