Letter 475: The apparent good and the genuine good are often different things, Timotheos.
Textual variants: "of the soul" versus "of the soul indeed"; "to save a soul" versus "a soul to save"; "ministry" versus "service"; "with sweat" versus "from sweat."
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Latin / Greek Original
P. 475. - LIB. 11, ΕΡ. 144.
Ρ. 190, lit. Ε, lin. 1. Ρ. τῆς ψυχῆς. cat. τῆς μὲν
ψυχῆς. ibid. 3. Ρ. τὸ σώζειν ψυχήν, cat. τὸ ψυχὴν
σώζειν. ibid. 4. Ρ. διακονίαν, cat. ὑπηρεσίαν. ibid.
5. Ρ. μεθ' ιδρώτων, cat. ἐξ ἰδρώτων.
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