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Morals
St Basil the Great, tr. Lowther Clarke, 1925
Chapter 52
That one ought not to be indifferent as regards sinners, but to be grieved and to mourn over them. Lk. xix. 41 αὐτήν for αὐτῇ; 42 καὶ σύ after ἔγνως K, add καί γε K, add σου after εἰρήνην K; 1 Cor. v. 1 add ὀνομάζεται K; 2 ἐξαρθῇ for ἀρθῇ K; 2 Cor. xii. 21 ἐλθόντα με for ἐλθόντος σου K, πρὸς ὑμᾶς before ταπεινώσει*. 2That one must not keep silence when men sin.
Lk. xvii. 3 add δέ after ἐάν K; Eph. v. 11.
That one must have intercourse with sinners for no other cause than to call them to repentance, in whatever way is possible without sin.
Mt. ix. 10; 11; 12 add Ἰησοῦς K and αὐτοῖς K; 13; Lk. xv. 1 αὐτῷ before ἐγγίζοντες, omit οἱ before ἁμαρτωλοί; 2 γραμματεῖς before Φαρισαῖοι, omit τε before Φαρ. K; 3; 4 omit ἄνθρωπος*, ἕν before ἐξ K, omit οὗ after ἕως K; 2 Thess. iii. 14 add καί before μή K, συναναμίγνυσθε for συναναμίγνυσθαι K; 15; 2 Cor. ii. 5; 6; 7 ὑμᾶς before μᾶλλον*. 4That we must turn away from those who after every sort of care has been expended on them persist in their wickedness. Mt. xviii. 15 ἁμάρτῃ for ἁμαρτάνῃ*; 16 μαρτύρων after τριῶν; 17.