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Morals
St Basil the Great, tr. Lowther Clarke, 1925
Chapter 60
That since the gifts of the Spirit are different, and neither is one able to receive all nor all the same gifts, each should abide with sobriety and gratitude in the gift given him, and all should be harmonious with one another in the love of Christ, as members in a body. So that he who is inferior in gifts should not despair of himself in comparison with him that excels, nor should the greater despise the less. For those who are divided and at variance with one another deserve to perish.
Mt. xii. 25; Gal. v. 15; Jn. xvii. 20 omit δέ after τούτων*; 21 οὗτοι for αὐτοί**, ἕν before ὦσι K; Acts iv. 32 add ἡ before καρδία and ψυχή K; Rom. xii. 3; 4 μέλη before πολλά**; 5 ὁ δέ for τὸ δέ K; 6; 1 Cor. i. 10 omit ἀδελφοί**, omit ἡμῶν before Κυρίου**; 1 Cor. xii. 12 μέλη δέ for καὶ μέλη*, ἔχει before πολλά K, add τοῦ ἑνός K, ὁ Χριστός for ἐν Χριστῷ**; 13; Phil. ii. 2 add πάντες**; 3 ἤ for μηδέ K; 4 ἕκαστος for ἕκαστοι K.