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Morals

St Basil the Great, tr. Lowther Clarke, 1925

Chapter 16

That men who live with those who please God and do not cultivate a virtuous disposition are in no way benefited, although they preserve a likeness to them in outward appearance.

Mt. xxv. 1; 2 φρόνιμοι... μωραί for μωραὶ... φρονίμου K, add αἱ before second πέντε K; 3 αἵτινες for αἱ γάρ K; 4 omit ἔλαιον**; xxv. 11 omit καί after ἔρχονται*; 12 omit ἀμήν**; Lk. xvii. 34 δύο before ἔσονται, omit ὁ before εἷς K; 35 omit ἔσονται before δύο, omit ἡ before μία K, καὶ ἡ ἑτέρα for ἡ δὲ ἑτ. K; 37 πτῶμα for σῶμα, συναχθήσονται for ἐπισυναχθήσονται K, καὶ οἱ ἀετοί at end.