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Morals
St Basil the Great, tr. Lowther Clarke, 1925
Chapter 45
That it is impossible for them to be counted worthy of the Kingdom of heaven who do not imitate in their dealings with one another the equality observed by children among themselves. Mt. xviii. 3.
That the man who desires to be counted worthy of greater glory in the Kingdom of heaven must love here on earth what is humble and last. Mt. xviii 4 ταπεινώσει for ταπεινώσῃ (not in von Soden); xx. 26, 27 conflated with Mk. x. 43, 44; Phil. ii. 3 ἤ for μηδὲ κατά K.