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Morals

St Basil the Great, tr. Lowther Clarke, 1925

Chapter 55

That we must know and confess that every good thing comes of grace and that the endurance of actual sufferings for Christ’s sake is of God. Jn. iii. 27; 1 Cor. iv. 7; Eph. ii. 8; Phil. i. 28; 29. 2That we must not be silent about God’s benefits but give thanks for them. Lk. viii. 38 add ὁ Ἰησοῦς K; 39 εἰς for καθ’*; Lk. xvii. 12 ὑπήντησαν for ἀπάντησαν; 13; 14; 15 τις after δέ**; 16 ἐπί for παρά*; 17–19; 1 Cor. xv. 10; 1 Tim. iv. 4.