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St Basil the Great, tr. Lowther Clarke, 1925
Rule 70: How Must We Treat the Man Who Misuses His Clothes and Shoes, and When Accused…
The apostle excludes such misuse when he says: “As using this world and not abusing it.”1 For the measure of use is unavoidable necessity. But use beyond what is necessary involves us in the guilt of avarice, pleasure or vainglory. And he that persists in sin has the condemnation of him that repents not.
Notes
- 1 Cor. vii. 31 ὡς χρώμενοι for οἱ χρ.**, τῷ κόσμῳ τούτῳ for τὸν κόσμον K, καὶ μή for ὡς μή.