Letter 242
To the Same.
If you do good works and imitate the gentleness of Jesus, you have nourished him with butter and honey [cf. Isaiah 7:15]; but if you remain prone to anger and a worker of base deeds, Jesus will say with good reason concerning you also: "He thus gave me gall for my food, and for my thirst he gave me vinegar to drink" [Psalm 69:21].
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Latin / Greek Original
Ἐὰν καλὰ πράττης ἔργα, καὶ μιμῇ τὸ πρᾶον τοῦ Ἰησοῦ, ἔθρεψας αὐτὸν βουτύρῳ καὶ μέλιτι· ἐὰν δὲ ὀργίλος μένῃ, καὶ φαῦλον ἐργάτῃς πράξεων, λέξεις εὐλόγως καὶ περὶ σοῦ Ἰησοῦς, ὅτι « Ἔδωκεν οὕτως εἰς τὸ βρῶμα μου χολήν, καὶ εἰς τὴν δίψαν μου ἐπότισέ με ὄξος. »
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