Letter 318: To the same person. (357)
Τῷ αὐτῶ. (357) 15
Βοηθὸς ὁ παρ’ ἡμῖν ἔφησεν αὑτοῦ τὸν πατέρα Βοη-
θὸν βοηθείας παρὰ σοῦ τυχεῖν. καὶ ᾔδειν γε ὅτι τοῦθ
οὕτως ἕξει· τῷ θείῳ γὰρ ἔμελλες δώσειν τὴν χάριν. εἰ δὲ ἐμοί
τι τοῦ πράγματος ᾔδεις μέλον, ἀπωλώλει ἂν ὁ νῦν εὐδαίμων
Βοηθός· τοσαύτῃ σπουδῇ κέχρησαι μὴ ποιεῖν ἃ βουλοίμην ἂν
γενέσθαι.
ἀλλὰ καὶ νῦν ἴσθι μοι κεχαρισμένος ἐν τῷ δοῦναι
5 τῷ θείῳ τὴν χάριν, ὥσθ’ ὥρα σοι τὸν Βοηθὸν ἐκβάλλειν τοῦ
σχήματος, ὃ δεδωκὼς τυγχάνεις, ἐπειδὴ τὸ τῷ θείῳ σε κεχαρί-
σθαι χάριν ἐμοὶ φέρει.
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This man needs your help, and he deserves it.
If doing less than one's ability permits while willing counts as laziness, then I am far from that charge.
To the same person. (358)