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Morals
St Basil the Great, tr. Lowther Clarke, 1925
Chapter 58
That we must not think that the gift of God is procurable by money or by any other device.
Acts viii. 18–20; 21 ἔναντι for ἐναντίον K; 22; 23.
That gifts are given by God to each according to the proportion of faith for his good.
Rom. xii. 6; 1 Cor. xii. 7; 8; 9 add δέ after ἑτέρῳ K, omit ἐν τῷ ἑνὶ πνεύματι after ἰαμάτων; 10 omit ἄλλῳ δὲ ἐνεργήματα δυνάμεων**, omit δέ before προφητεία, omit δέ before διακρίσεις, add δέ after ἑτέρῳ K.
That as one receives the grace of God freely one must give freely, and not traffic with it for one’s own pleasures.
Mt. x. 8 omit νεκροὺς ἐγείρετε K; 9 χρυσίον for χρυσόν**; Acts iii. 6 add ἔγειρε καί K; 1 Thess. ii. 5; omit ἐν before προφάσει; 6; 7 ἐάν for ἄν, ἱμειρόμενοι for ὁμειρόμενοι; 8.
That he who has received the first gift from God in the right spirit and has cultivated it diligently for God’s glory, is counted worthy also of other gifts. But he who is not of this sort is deprived of the original gift, and is counted unworthy of that prepared for him, and is handed over to punishment.
Mt. xiii. 10–14; xxv. 14; 15 omit εὐθέως*; 16 add δέ after πορευθείς K; 17; 29 ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ for τοῦ δέ K; 30.