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Morals

St Basil the Great, tr. Lowther Clarke, 1925

Chapter 8

That a man ought not to waver and doubt with regard to the things said by the Lord, but to be persuaded that every utterance of God is true and possible, though nature suggests the opposite; for herein lies the struggle of faith.

Mt. xiv. 25 τῆς θαλάσσης for τὴν θάλασσαν K; 26 τὴν θάλασσαν for τῆς θαλάσσης K; 27–31; Jn. vi. 52 τὴν σάρκα before δοῦναι**; 53 omit ὁ Ἰησοῦς**; Lk. i. 13; 18–20; Rom. iv. 19, add οὐ before κατενόησε K; 20–22.

That he who in small things does not trust the Lord will clearly be far more unbelieving in greater things.

Jn. iii. 12; Lk. xvi. 10.

That a man ought not on the strength of his own arguments to set at nought the sayings of the Lord, but should realise that the words of the Lord are more worthy of credence than a man’s private conviction.

Mt. xxvi. 31; 33 add καί before εἰ, add δέ after ἐγώ K; 34 omit ὅτι after σοι*; xxvi. 20; 21 λέγει for εἶπεν*, add αὐτοῖς*, omit ἀμήν**; 22 ἕκαστος αὐτῶν for εἷς ἕκαστος K; Acts x. 13; 14 ἤ for καί K; 15; 2 Cor. x. 5.