Letter 325
To Balchus the Prefect [eparch].
"Do not sow among thorns," says the prophetic word [Jeremiah 4:3]; that is, do not entrust the oracles of God to men who are absorbed in many cares and are lovers of pleasure. For the divine laws give the name "thorns" to base pleasures and to the cares that bring no profit to the soul.
AI-assisted translation - This translation was produced with AI assistance and has not been peer-reviewed. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek below for scholarly use.
Latin / Greek Original
«Μὴ σπείρετε ἐπ' ἀκάνθαις, » φησὶν ὁ προφητικὸς
λόγος · τουτέστιν, μὴ τοῖς πολυμερίμνοις καὶ φιλη-
δόνοις ἀνθρώποις ἐμπιστεύσητε τὰ λόγια τοῦ Θεοῦ.
Τὰς γὰρ μοχθηρὰς ἡδονὰς καὶ τὰς ἀκερδεῖς τῇ
ψυχῇ φροντίδας ἀκάνθας ὀνομάζουσιν οἱ θεῖοι νό-
μοι.
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- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
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