Library › St Basil the Great › Shorter Rules
Shorter Rules
St Basil the Great, tr. Lowther Clarke, 1925
Rule 118: What Reward Has He Who is Zealous in Keeping Commands But Does Not What He is…
The reward of self-pleasing. Since the apostle says: “Let each one of us please his neighbour for that which is good unto edifying’; and adds with greater importunity: “For Christ also Himself pleased not Himself,”1 the self-pleaser ought to recognise his peril. And such a man is convicted also of insubordination.
Notes
- Rom. xv. 2; 3 add αὐτός after γάρ**.