Letter 247: If you wish to judge others, first judge yourself.
Isidore of Pelusium→Zosimus|c. 409 AD|Isidore of Pelusium|AI-assisted
monasticism
To Zosimus.
Do not be afraid, O sacred precinct of the hatred of wickedness, of those who are incapable of reproving others yet decline to be reproved themselves; rather, displaying a frankness that is free of rashness but tempered with gentleness, expect to accomplish what is fitting. And even if you should not accomplish it, as you have written, and Eusebius and those who were improperly ordained by him, instead of returning thanks, speak slander, do not be discouraged. For the sleepless and all-seeing Eye, the hater of wickedness and the lover of good, will reward you, but will take vengeance on them; and He who [originally in Latin] holds the wicked as hateful and the upright as dear, will indeed take requital on your behalf.
Do not be afraid, O sacred precinct of the hatred of wickedness, of those who are incapable of reproving others yet decline to be reproved themselves; rather, displaying a frankness that is free of rashness but tempered with gentleness, expect to accomplish what is fitting. And even if you should not accomplish it, as you have written, and Eusebius and those who were improperly ordained by him, instead of returning thanks, speak slander, do not be discouraged. For the sleepless and all-seeing Eye, the hater of wickedness and the lover of good, will reward you, but will take vengeance on them; and He who [originally in Latin] holds the wicked as hateful and the upright as dear, will indeed take requital on your behalf.
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