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Morals
St Basil the Great, tr. Lowther Clarke, 1925
Chapter 33
That one must not lay stumbling-blocks. Mt. xviii. 6; 7; Rom. xiv. 13. 2That everything opposed to the will of the Lord is a stumblingblock. Mt. xvi. 21; 22; 23 μου εἶ for εἶ ἐμοῦ K. 3That though an action or word may be allowed by the Scripture yet it must be avoided, if others are confirmed in sin by something similar, or are shaken from their desire for good. 1 Cor. viii. 4; 5 add τῆς before γῆς; 6; 7; 8 παρίστησι for παριστήσει K, add γάρ after οὔτε K, ἐάν... ἐὰν μή for ἐάν K; 9; 10;
11 καὶ ἀπόλλυται for ἀπόλλυται γάρ K, omit ὁ before ἀδελφός K; 12; 13. 1 Cor. ix. 4; 5; 6 add τοῦ before μή K; ἐκ τοῦ καρποῦ for τὸν καρπόν K.
That to avoid offending any we must do even what is not necessary. Mt. xvii. 24; 25; 26 λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Πέτρος for εἰπόντος δέ K, λέγει for ἔφη*; 27.
That as regards things of which the Lord approves we must maintain our freedom unflinchingly, though some be offended. Mt. xv. 11; 12 add αὐτοῦ K; 13; 14 τυφλοί εἰσιν, ὁδηγοὶ τυφλῶν for ὁδηγοί εἰσι τυφλῶν; Jn. vi. 53; 66 ἀπῆλθον after αὐτοῦ; 67; 2 Cor. ii.
15; 16 omit ἐκ twice K.