# Sentences of Sextus: Greek Maxims - Author: Anonymous - Latin title: *Sexti sententiae Graecae* - Date: 2nd-early 3rd cent. (approximate) - Source: Anton Elter, ed., Gnomica I: Sexti Pythagorici, Clitarchi, Evagrii Pontici sententiae (Leipzig: Teubner, 1892), Greek text of Sextus 1-451 - Note: Greek of Elter 1892, OCR of the print; numbering fitted by sequence. Rufinus's Latin is the work sententiae-sexti. Gildemeister's Greek parallels (and his maxims 452-470) from the first staging are in pipeline/work/held/sententiae-sexti-graece-gildemeister/. - Translation: Claude, from the original text, unless a passage says otherwise; each passage below gives the translator - Editions and translations: Henry Chadwick, The Sentences of Sextus (Cambridge, 1959) (cited only; copyrighted); Johannes Gildemeister, Sexti sententiarum recensiones (Bonn, 1873) (cited only) - Work page: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/ - Passages: 444 ## Sentence 1 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-1 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A faithful person is an elect person. ### Greek text Πιστὸς ἄνθρωπος ἐκλεκτός ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος. ### English translation (Claude) A faithful person is an elect person. ### Translation notes - The Sentences of Sextus are a second-century Christian collection of maxims, many of them adapted from Greek (largely Pythagorean) sayings; Greek was their original language. Translated from the Greek of A. Elter (1891–92) as read from an uncorrected OCR (clear slips are corrected and logged); there is no public-domain English on hand, so each maxim was checked against Rufinus's Latin translation of the same number. Numbering follows Elter. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 1 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-1). ## Sentence 2 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-2 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: An elect person is a person of God. ### Greek text Ἐκλεκτὸς ἄνθρωπος ἄνθρωπός ἐστι τοῦ θεοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) An elect person is a person of God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 2 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-2). ## Sentence 3 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-3 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A person of God is one who is worthy of God. ### Greek text Θεοῦ ἄνθρωπος ὁ ἄξιος θεοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) A person of God is one who is worthy of God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 3 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-3). ## Sentence 4 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-4 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Worthy of God is one who does nothing unworthy of God. ### Greek text Θεοῦ ἄξιος ὁ μηδὲν ἀνάξιον θεοῦ πράττων. ### English translation (Claude) Worthy of God is one who does nothing unworthy of God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 4 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-4). ## Sentence 5 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-5 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: So, when you endeavour to be faithful, do nothing unworthy of God. ### Greek text Ἐπιτηδεύων οὖν πιστὸς εἶναι μηδὲν ἀνάξιον θεοῦ πράξῃς. ### English translation (Claude) So, when you endeavour to be faithful, do nothing unworthy of God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 5 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-5). ## Sentence 6 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-6 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: One of little faith is faithless in faith. ### Greek text Ὀλιγόπιστος ἐν πίστει ἄπιστος. ### English translation (Claude) One of little faith is faithless in faith. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 6 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-6). ## Sentence 7 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-7 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The faithful person, tested in faith, is a god in a living human body. The one faithless in faith is a dead person in a living body. ### Greek text Πιστὸς ἐν δοκιμῇ πίστεως θεὸς ἐν ἀνθρώπου σώματι ζῶντι. Ἄπιστος ἐν πίστει νεκρὸς ἄνθρωπος ἐν σώματι ζῶντι. ### English translation (Claude) The faithful person, tested in faith, is a god in a living human body. The one faithless in faith is a dead person in a living body. ### Translation notes - “A god” is as the Greek has it (θεός); compare 376a. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 7 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-7). ## Sentence 8 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-8 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Faithful in truth is the one who is without sin. ### Greek text Πιστὸς ἀληθείᾳ ὁ ἀναμάρτητος. ### English translation (Claude) Faithful in truth is the one who is without sin. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 8 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-8). ## Sentence 9 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-9 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Live with exactness even in the smallest things. ### Greek text Μέχρι καὶ τῶν ἐλαχίστων ἀκριβῶς βίου. ### English translation (Claude) Live with exactness even in the smallest things. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 9 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-9). ## Sentence 10 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-10 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: For in life a small miss is no small thing. ### Greek text Οὐ γὰρ μικρὸν ἐν βίῳ τὸ παρὰ μικρόν. ### English translation (Claude) For in life a small miss is no small thing. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 10 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-10). ## Sentence 11 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-11 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Consider every sin an impiety. ### Greek text Πᾶν ἁμάρτημα ἀσέβημα ἡγοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) Consider every sin an impiety. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 11 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-11). ## Sentence 12 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-12 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: It is not the eye or the hand that sins, or anything of the kind, but the one who uses hand and eye badly. ### Greek text Οὐκ ὀφθαλμὸς οὐδὲ χεὶρ ἁμαρτάνει οὐδέ τι τῶν ὁμοίων, ἀλλʼ ὁ κακῶς χρώμενος χειρὶ καὶ ὀφθαλμῷ. ### English translation (Claude) It is not the eye or the hand that sins, or anything of the kind, but the one who uses hand and eye badly. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 12 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-12). ## Sentence 13 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-13 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Cast away every member of the body that persuades you not to be self-controlled; for it is better to live self-controlled without the member than with the member to your ruin. ### Greek text Πᾶν μέλος τοῦ σώματος ἀναπεῖθόν σε μὴ σωφρονεῖν ῥῖψον· ἄμεινον γὰρ χωρὶς τοῦ μέλους ζῆν σωφρόνως ἢ μετὰ τοῦ μέλους ὀλεθρίως. ### English translation (Claude) Cast away every member of the body that persuades you not to be self-controlled; for it is better to live self-controlled without the member than with the member to your ruin. ### Scripture references - Matt 5:29: allusion, high confidence - Matt 5:30: allusion, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 13 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-13). ## Sentence 14 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-14 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Consider that at the judgment both the honours and the punishments will be everlasting for you. ### Greek text ᾿Αθανάτους σοι νόμιζε παρὰ τῇ κρίσει καὶ τὰς τιμὰς ἔσεσθαι καὶ τὰς τιμωρίας. ### English translation (Claude) Consider that at the judgment both the honours and the punishments will be everlasting for you. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 14 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-14). ## Sentence 15 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-15 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Whatever of the world's goods you have, even if someone takes them from you, do not be indignant. ### Greek text Οπόσα τοῦ κόσμου ἔχεις, κἂν ἀφέληταί σού τις, μὴ ἀγανάκτει. ### English translation (Claude) Whatever of the world's goods you have, even if someone takes them from you, do not be indignant. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 15 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-15). ## Sentence 16 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-16 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Do not make yourself open to reproach before the world. ### Greek text Σεαυτὸν ἐπιλήψιμον μὴ πάρεχε τῷ κόσμῳ. ### English translation (Claude) Do not make yourself open to reproach before the world. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 16 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-16). ## Sentence 17 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-17 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Except for your freedom, yield to your neighbour when he takes everything from you. ### Greek text Χωρὶς τῆς ἐλευθερίας πάντα ἀφαιρουμένῳ σε τῷ πέλας ὕπεικε. ### English translation (Claude) Except for your freedom, yield to your neighbour when he takes everything from you. ### Scripture references - Matt 5:40: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 17 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-17). ## Sentence 18 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-18 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A wise man without possessions is like God. ### Greek text Σοφὸς ἀκτήμων ὅμοιος θεῷ. ### English translation (Claude) A wise man without possessions is like God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 18 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-18). ## Sentence 19 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-19 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Use the things of the world only for what is necessary. ### Greek text Τοῖς κοσμικοῖς πράγμασιν εἰς αὐτὰ τὰ ἀναγκαῖα χρῶ. ### English translation (Claude) Use the things of the world only for what is necessary. ### Translation notes - The verb (χρῶ, “use”) was printed at the end of maxim 18 in the OCR; it is supplied here. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 19 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-19). ## Sentence 20 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-20 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Render exactly the things of the world to the world, and the things of God to God. ### Greek text Τὰ μὲν τοῦ κόσμου τῷ κόσμῳ, τὰ δὲ τοῦ θεοῦ τῷ θεῷ ἀκριβῶς ἀποδίδου. ### English translation (Claude) Render exactly the things of the world to the world, and the things of God to God. ### Scripture references - Matt 22:21: allusion, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 20 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-20). ## Sentence 21 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-21 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Consider that you hold your soul as a deposit from God. ### Greek text Τὴν ψυχήν σου νόμιζε παραθήκην ἔχειν παρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) Consider that you hold your soul as a deposit from God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 21 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-21). ## Sentence 22 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-22 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: When you speak about God, you are judged by God. ### Greek text Ὅτε λέγεις περὶ θεοῦ, κρίνῃ ὑπὸ θεοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) When you speak about God, you are judged by God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 22 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-22). ## Sentence 23 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-23 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Consider wronging no one the best purification. ### Greek text Άριστον ἡγοῦ καθαρμὸν τὸ μηδένα ἀδικεῖν. ### English translation (Claude) Consider wronging no one the best purification. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 23 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-23). ## Sentence 24 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-24 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A soul is purified by the word of God through a wise man. ### Greek text Ψυχὴ καθαίρεται λόγῳ θεοῦ ὑπὸ σοφοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) A soul is purified by the word of God through a wise man. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 24 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-24). ## Sentence 25 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-25 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Never be persuaded that the being of God is without perception. ### Greek text Αναίσθητον οὐσίαν μὴ πεισθῇς εἶναί ποτε θεοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) Never be persuaded that the being of God is without perception. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 25 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-25). ## Sentence 26 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-26 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: God, inasmuch as he is self-moving mind, in that very respect also subsists. ### Greek text Ὁ θεὸς καθὸ νοῦς ἐστιν αὐτοκίνητος, κατ᾽ αὐτὸ τοῦτο καὶ ὑφέστηκεν. ### English translation (Claude) God, inasmuch as he is self-moving mind, in that very respect also subsists. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 26 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-26). ## Sentence 27 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-27 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: You would not find out the greatness of God even if you flew on wings. ### Greek text Θεοῦ μέγεθος οὐκ ἂν ἐξεύροις πτεροῖς πετόμενος. ### English translation (Claude) You would not find out the greatness of God even if you flew on wings. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 27 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-27). ## Sentence 28 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-28 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Do not seek the name of God, for you will not find it. Everything that is named is named by something superior, so that the one may call and the other obey. Who, then, has named God? “God” is not God's name, but an opinion about God. ### Greek text Θεοῦ ὄνομα μὴ ζήτει, οὐ γὰρ εὑρήσεις· πᾶν τὸ ὀνομαζόμενον ὀνομάζεται ὑπὸ τοῦ κρείττονος, ἵνα τὸ μὲν καλῇ, τὸ δὲ ὑπακούῃ᾽ τίς οὖν ὁ ὀνομάσας θεόν; θεὸς οὐκ ὄνομα θεοῦ, ἀλλὰ δόξα περὶ θεοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) Do not seek the name of God, for you will not find it. Everything that is named is named by something superior, so that the one may call and the other obey. Who, then, has named God? “God” is not God's name, but an opinion about God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 28 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-28). ## Sentence 29 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-29 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: So seek nothing in God that is not there. ### Greek text Μηθὲν οὖν ἐν θεῷ ὃ μὴ ἔστι ζήτει. ### English translation (Claude) So seek nothing in God that is not there. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 29 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-29). ## Sentence 30 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-30 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: God is wise light, which admits no opposite. ### Greek text Θεὸς αὐγὴ σοφὴ τοῦ ἐναντίου ἀνεπίδεκτος. ### English translation (Claude) God is wise light, which admits no opposite. ### Scripture references - 1 John 1:5: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 30 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-30). ## Sentence 31 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-31 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: All that God made, he made for the sake of human beings. ### Greek text Ὃ θεὸς ὅσα ἐποίησεν, ὑπὲρ ἀνθρώπων αὐτὰ ἐποίησεν. ### English translation (Claude) All that God made, he made for the sake of human beings. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 31 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-31). ## Sentence 32 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-32 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: An angel is God's servant toward human beings, and toward no one else; so a human being is more precious to God than an angel. ### Greek text Ἄγγελος ὑπηρέτης θεοῦ πρὸς ἄνθρωπον, οὐ γὰρ δὴ πρὸς οὐδένα ἄλλον᾽ τιμιώτερον οὖν ἄνθρωπος ἀγγέλου παρὰ θεῷ. ### English translation (Claude) An angel is God's servant toward human beings, and toward no one else; so a human being is more precious to God than an angel. ### Scripture references - Heb 1:14: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 32 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-32). ## Sentence 33 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-33 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The first that does good is God; the second, which receives good, is the human being. ### Greek text Τὸ μὲν πρῶτον εὐεργετοῦν ὁ θεὸς, τὸ δὲ δεύτερον εὐεργετούμενον ἄνθρωπος. ### English translation (Claude) The first that does good is God; the second, which receives good, is the human being. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 33 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-33). ## Sentence 34 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-34 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Live, then, as one who stands next after God. ### Greek text Βίου τοιγαροῦν ὡς ὢν μετὰ θεόν. ### English translation (Claude) Live, then, as one who stands next after God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 34 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-34). ## Sentence 35 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-35 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Since you are elect, you have in your make-up something like God; use your make-up, then, as a temple of God. ### Greek text Ἐκλεκτὸς ὢν ἔχεις τι ἐν τῇ συστάσει σου ὁποῖον θεός᾽ χρῶ οὖν τῇ συστάσει σου ὡς ἱερῷ θεοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) Since you are elect, you have in your make-up something like God; use your make-up, then, as a temple of God. ### Scripture references - 1 Cor 3:16: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 35 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-35). ## Sentence 36 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-36 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: God gives the faithful authority according to God; so he gives it pure and without sin. ### Greek text Ἐξουσίαν πιστῷ ὁ θεὸς δίδωσι τὴν κατὰ θεόν᾽ καθαρὰν οὖν δίδωσι καὶ ἀναμάρτητον. ### English translation (Claude) God gives the faithful authority according to God; so he gives it pure and without sin. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 36 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-36). ## Sentence 37 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-37 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Let the world respect your life. ### Greek text Αἰδείσθω σου τὸν βίον ὁ κόσμος. ### English translation (Claude) Let the world respect your life. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 37 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-37). ## Sentence 38 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-38 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Give no one occasion to reproach you. ### Greek text Μηδενὶ σεαυτὸν ἐπιλήψιμον δίδου. ### English translation (Claude) Give no one occasion to reproach you. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 38 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-38). ## Sentence 39 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-39 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: After release from the body, an evil demon calls to account one who has lived badly, until he has paid back even the last penny. ### Greek text Κακῶς ζῶντα μετὰ τὴν ἀπαλλαγὴν τοῦ σώματος εὐθύνει κακὸς δαίμων, μέχρις οὗ καὶ τὸν ἔσχατον κοδράντην ἀπολάβῃ. ### English translation (Claude) After release from the body, an evil demon calls to account one who has lived badly, until he has paid back even the last penny. ### Scripture references - Matt 5:26: allusion, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 39 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-39). ## Sentence 40 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-40 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Blessed is the man whose soul no one will lay hold of as it journeys to God. ### Greek text Μακάριος ἀνήρ, οὗ τῆς ψυχῆς οὐδεὶς ἐπιλήψεται εἰς θεὸν πορευομένης. ### English translation (Claude) Blessed is the man whose soul no one will lay hold of as it journeys to God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 40 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-40). ## Sentence 41 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-41 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Whatever you honour above all will rule over you. ### Greek text Ὃ ἂν τιμήσῃς ὑπὲρ πάντα, ἐκεῖνό σου κυριεύσει. ### English translation (Claude) Whatever you honour above all will rule over you. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 41 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-41). ## Sentence 42 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-42 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Honour the best, so that you may also be ruled by the best. ### Greek text Τίμα τὸ ἄριστον, ἵνα καὶ ἄρχῃ ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀρίστου. ### English translation (Claude) Honour the best, so that you may also be ruled by the best. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 42 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-42). ## Sentence 43 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-43 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Being ruled by the best, you yourself will rule over whatever you choose. ### Greek text ᾿ἈΑρχόμενος ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀρίστου αὐτὸς ἄρξεις, ὧν ἂν προαιρῇ. ### English translation (Claude) Being ruled by the best, you yourself will rule over whatever you choose. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 43 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-43). ## Sentence 44 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-44 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The greatest honour to God is the knowledge of God and likeness to him. ### Greek text Τιμὴ μεγίστη θεῷ θεοῦ γνῶσις καὶ ὁμοίωμα. ### English translation (Claude) The greatest honour to God is the knowledge of God and likeness to him. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 44 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-44). ## Sentence 45 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-45 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Nothing is like God, but most dear to him is what is made like him as far as it can be. ### Greek text Ὅμοιον μὲν οὐδὲν θεῷ, προσφιλέστατον δὲ τὸ εἰς δύναμιν ἐξομοιούμενον. ### English translation (Claude) Nothing is like God, but most dear to him is what is made like him as far as it can be. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 45 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-45). ## Sentence 46 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-46 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The mind of a pious person is a holy temple of God. The best altar for God is a heart that is pure and without sin. ### Greek text Ἱερὸν ἅγιον θεοῦ διάνοια εὐσεβοῦς. Άριστον θυσιαστήριον θεῷ καρδία καθαρὰ καὶ ἀναμάρτητος. ### English translation (Claude) The mind of a pious person is a holy temple of God. The best altar for God is a heart that is pure and without sin. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 46 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-46). ## Sentence 47 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-47 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The only sacrifice to God, and an acceptable one, is doing good to human beings for God's sake. ### Greek text Θυσία θεῷ μόνη καὶ προσηνὴς ἣ ἀνθρώποις εὐεργεσία διὰ θεόν. ### English translation (Claude) The only sacrifice to God, and an acceptable one, is doing good to human beings for God's sake. ### Scripture references - Heb 13:16: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 47 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-47). ## Sentence 48 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-48 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A person who lives according to God, as far as he can, does what is pleasing to God. ### Greek text Ἄνθρωπος κεχαρισμένα θεῷ πράττει ὁ ζῶν εἰς δύναμιν κατὰ θεόν. ### English translation (Claude) A person who lives according to God, as far as he can, does what is pleasing to God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 48 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-48). ## Sentence 49 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-49 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: God needs nothing; the faithful person needs God alone. ### Greek text Ὁ μὲν θεὸς οὐδενὸς δεῖται, ὁ δὲ πιστὸς μόνου θεοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) God needs nothing; the faithful person needs God alone. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 49 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-49). ## Sentence 50 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-50 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: One who of necessity needs few things emulates the one who needs nothing. ### Greek text Ζηλοῖ τὸν οὐδενὸς δεόμενον ὁ τῶν ὀλίγων ἀναγκαίως δεόμενος. ### English translation (Claude) One who of necessity needs few things emulates the one who needs nothing. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 50 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-50). ## Sentence 51 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-51 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Practise being great before God, and before human beings not envied. ### Greek text Ἄσκει μέγας μὲν εἶναι παρὰ θεῷ, παρὰ δὲ ἀνθρώποις ἀνεπίφθονος. ### English translation (Claude) Practise being great before God, and before human beings not envied. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 51 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-51). ## Sentence 52 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-52 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Being kind to those in need, you would be great before God. ### Greek text Χρηστὸς ὧν εἰς τοὺς δεομένους μέγας ἂν εἴης παρὰ θεῷ. ### English translation (Claude) Being kind to those in need, you would be great before God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 52 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-52). ## Sentence 53 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-53 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: While a wise man lives, little is said of him among people; but when he has died, his fame is sung. ### Greek text ᾿Ανδρὸς σοφοῦ ζῶντος μὲν ὀλίγος ὁ λόγος παρὰ ἀνθρώποις, τελευτήσαντος δὲ τὸ κλέος ἄδεται. ### English translation (Claude) While a wise man lives, little is said of him among people; but when he has died, his fame is sung. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 53 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-53). ## Sentence 54 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-54 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Whatever time you do not think of God, consider that time lost to you. ### Greek text Τὸν χρόνον ὃν ἂν μὴ νοήσῃς τὸν θεὸν, τοῦτον νόμιζέ σοι ἀπολωλέναι. ### English translation (Claude) Whatever time you do not think of God, consider that time lost to you. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 54 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-54). ## Sentence 55 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-55 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Let only your body sojourn on earth, but let your soul be always with God. ### Greek text Τὸ μὲν σῶμά σου μόνον ἐπιδημείτω τῇ γῇ, ἡ δὲ ψυχὴ ἀεὶ ἔστω παρὰ θεῷ. ### English translation (Claude) Let only your body sojourn on earth, but let your soul be always with God. ### Scripture references - Phil 3:20: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 55 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-55). ## Sentence 56 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-56 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Think good things, so that you may also do good things. ### Greek text Νόει τὰ καλά, ἵνα καὶ πράττῃς τὰ καλά. ### English translation (Claude) Think good things, so that you may also do good things. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 56 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-56). ## Sentence 57 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-57 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A person's thought does not escape God. Let your mind be pure of all evil. ### Greek text Ἔννοια ἀνθρώπου θεὸν οὐ λανθάνει. Ἔστω σου ἣ διάνοια καθαρὰ κακοῦ παντός. ### English translation (Claude) A person's thought does not escape God. Let your mind be pure of all evil. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 57 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-57). ## Sentence 58 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-58 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Be worthy of him who has deemed you worthy to be called his son, and do everything as a son of God. ### Greek text Ἄξιος ἔσο τοῦ ἀξιώσαντός σε εἰπεῖν υἱὸν καὶ πρᾶττε πάντα ὡς υἱὸς θεοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) Be worthy of him who has deemed you worthy to be called his son, and do everything as a son of God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 58 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-58). ## Sentence 59 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-59 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: When you call God Father, remember this in what you do. ### Greek text Θεὸν πατέρα καλῶν ἐν οἷς πράττεις τούτου μέμνησο. ### English translation (Claude) When you call God Father, remember this in what you do. ### Scripture references - 1 Pet 1:17: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 59 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-59). ## Sentence 60 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-60 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A pure man without sin has authority before God as a son of God. ### Greek text ᾿Αγνὸς ἀνὴρ καὶ ἀναμάρτητος ἐξουσίαν ἔχει παρὰ θεῷ ὡς υἱὸς θεοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) A pure man without sin has authority before God as a son of God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 60 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-60). ## Sentence 61 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-61 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A good mind is God's dwelling place. ### Greek text Ἀγαθὴ διάνοια χῶρος θεοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) A good mind is God's dwelling place. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 61 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-61). ## Sentence 62 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-62 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: An evil mind is a dwelling place of evils. ### Greek text Κακὴ διάνοια χῶρός ἐστιν κακῶν. ### English translation (Claude) An evil mind is a dwelling place of evils. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 62 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-62). ## Sentence 63 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-63 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: By freeing the wrongdoer from wrongdoing you would punish him in accordance with God. ### Greek text Τὸν ἀδικοῦντα τοῦ ἀδικεῖν ἀπαλλάττων κολάζοις ἂν κατὰ θεόν. ### English translation (Claude) By freeing the wrongdoer from wrongdoing you would punish him in accordance with God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 63 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-63). ## Sentence 64 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-64 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Practise not seeming but being righteous; for seeming takes away from each person his being. ### Greek text Ἄσκει μὴ τὸ δοκεῖν ἀλλὰ τὸ εἶναι δίκαιος τὸ δοκεῖν γὰρ ἕκαστον τοῦ εἶναι ἀφαιρεῖται. ### English translation (Claude) Practise not seeming but being righteous; for seeming takes away from each person his being. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 64 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-64). ## Sentence 65 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-65 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Honour what is just for its own sake. ### Greek text Τίμα τὸ δίκαιον δι᾽ αὐτό. ### English translation (Claude) Honour what is just for its own sake. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 65 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-65). ## Sentence 66 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-66 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: You would not escape God's notice doing unjust things, nor even thinking them. ### Greek text Οὐκ ἂν λάθοις θεὸν πράττων ἄδικα, οὐδὲ γὰρ διανοούμενος. ### English translation (Claude) You would not escape God's notice doing unjust things, nor even thinking them. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 66 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-66). ## Sentence 67 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-67 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A self-controlled man is pure before God. ### Greek text Σώφρων ἀνὴρ ἁγνὸς παρὰ τῷ θεῷ. ### English translation (Claude) A self-controlled man is pure before God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 67 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-67). ## Sentence 68 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-68 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Flee licentiousness. ### Greek text Ἀκολασίαν φεῦγε. ### English translation (Claude) Flee licentiousness. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 68 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-68). ## Sentence 69 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-69 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Practise sound judgment. ### Greek text Εὐλογιστίαν ἄσκει. ### English translation (Claude) Practise sound judgment. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 69 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-69). ## Sentence 70 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-70 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Master pleasures. ### Greek text Κράτει τῶν ἡδονῶν. ### English translation (Claude) Master pleasures. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 70 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-70). ## Sentence 71 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-71 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Conquer the body in everything. From love of pleasure you will not escape licentiousness. ### Greek text Νίκα τὸ σῶμα ἐν παντί. Ἐκ φιληδονίας ἀκολασίαν οὐκ ἐκφεύξῃ. ### English translation (Claude) Conquer the body in everything. From love of pleasure you will not escape licentiousness. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 71 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-71). ## Sentence 72 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-72 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: God does not listen to a lover of pleasure. ### Greek text Φιληδόνου ὁ θεὸς οὐκ ἀκούει. ### English translation (Claude) God does not listen to a lover of pleasure. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 72 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-72). ## Sentence 73 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-73 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The end of luxury is ruin. ### Greek text Τρυφῆς πέρας ὄλεθρος. ### English translation (Claude) The end of luxury is ruin. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 73 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-73). ## Sentence 74 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-74 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Let your reason lead your actions. ### Greek text Ὁ λόγος σου τῶν πράξεών σου προηγείσθω. ### English translation (Claude) Let your reason lead your actions. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 74 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-74). ## Sentence 75 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-75 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: It is most terrible to be a slave to passions. As many passions as the soul has, so many masters. ### Greek text Δεινότατόν ἐστιν πάθεσι δουλεύειν. Ὅσα πάθη ψυχῆς, τοσοῦτοι δεσπόται. ### English translation (Claude) It is most terrible to be a slave to passions. As many passions as the soul has, so many masters. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 75 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-75). ## Sentence 76 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-76 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Love of money is proof of love of the body. ### Greek text Φιλοχρηματία φιλοσωματίας ἔλεγχος. ### English translation (Claude) Love of money is proof of love of the body. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 76 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-76). ## Sentence 77 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-77 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Acquire the goods of the soul, as secure. ### Greek text Κτῶ τὰ τῆς ψυχῆς ὡς βέβαια. ### English translation (Claude) Acquire the goods of the soul, as secure. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 77 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-77). ## Sentence 78 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-78 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Renounce the things of the body as far as you are able. ### Greek text Ἀποτάττου τοῖς τοῦ σώματος, ἐφʼ ὅσον δυνατὸς εἶ. ### English translation (Claude) Renounce the things of the body as far as you are able. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 78 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-78). ## Sentence 79 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-79 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Consider the good alone your own. ### Greek text Μόνον οἰκεῖον ἡγοῦ τὸ ἀγαθόν. ### English translation (Claude) Consider the good alone your own. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 79 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-79). ## Sentence 80 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-80 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Be always such as you wish to be when you pray. ### Greek text Ὁποῖος θέλεις εὐχόμενος εἶναι, ἀεὶ ἔσο. ### English translation (Claude) Be always such as you wish to be when you pray. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 80 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-80). ## Sentence 81 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-81 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: When you have, with good reason, thrown the finest of your possessions into the mire, then, being pure, ask something from God. ### Greek text Ὅταν τὰ κάλλιστα τῶν κτημάτων εὐλόγως εἰς βόρβορον ῥίψῃς, τότε καθαρὸς ὢν αἰτοῦ τι παρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) When you have, with good reason, thrown the finest of your possessions into the mire, then, being pure, ask something from God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 81 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-81). ## Sentence 82 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-82 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Be now already such as you wish to be before God. In sharing the things of the world, despise them. Remember that you stand next after God. The soul of a God-fearing person is a god in a body. One who thinks badly of God defiles God. ### Greek text Ὁποῖος θέλεις εἶναι παρὰ θεῷ, ἤδη ἔσο. Τῶν τοῦ κόσμου μεταδιδοὺς καταφρόνει. Μέμνησο ὧν μετὰ θεόν. Ψυχὴ ἀνθρώπου θεοσεβοῦς θεὸς ἐν σώματι. Μιαίνει τὸν θεὸν ὁ κακῶς νοῶν τὸν θεόν. ### English translation (Claude) Be now already such as you wish to be before God. In sharing the things of the world, despise them. Remember that you stand next after God. The soul of a God-fearing person is a god in a body. One who thinks badly of God defiles God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 82 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-82). ## Sentence 83 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-83 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A blasphemous tongue is proof of an evil mind. ### Greek text Γλῶσσα βλάσφημος διανοίας ἔλεγχος κακῆς. ### English translation (Claude) A blasphemous tongue is proof of an evil mind. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 83 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-83). ## Sentence 84 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-84 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Have a tongue that speaks well, above all about God. ### Greek text Γλῶσσαν εὔφημον κέκτησο, μάλιστα δὲ περὶ θεοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) Have a tongue that speaks well, above all about God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 84 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-84). ## Sentence 85 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-85 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: No one is able to do harm to God, but most impious is the one who blasphemes him; for had he been able, he would have done it. ### Greek text Κακῶς μὲν ποιῆσαι θεὸν δυνατὸς οὐδείς, ἀσεβέστατος δὲ ὁ βλασφημῶν· δυνατὸς γὰρ ὢν κἂν ἐποίησεν. ### English translation (Claude) No one is able to do harm to God, but most impious is the one who blasphemes him; for had he been able, he would have done it. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 85 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-85). ## Sentence 86 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-86 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The foundation of piety is self-control. The goal of piety is friendship with God. ### Greek text Κρηπὶς εὐσεβείας ἐγκράτεια. Τέλος εὐσεβείας φιλία πρὸς θεόν. ### English translation (Claude) The foundation of piety is self-control. The goal of piety is friendship with God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 86 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-86). ## Sentence 87 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-87 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Treat a pious person as yourself. ### Greek text Χρῶ τῷ εὐσεβεῖ ὡς σαυτῷ. ### English translation (Claude) Treat a pious person as yourself. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 87 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-87). ## Sentence 88 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-88 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Pray that there may come to you not what you want but what is right and beneficial. ### Greek text Εὔχου σοι γενέσθαι μὴ ἃ βούλει, ἀλλʼ ἃ δεῖ καὶ συμφέρει. ### English translation (Claude) Pray that there may come to you not what you want but what is right and beneficial. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 88 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-88). ## Sentence 89 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-89 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: As you wish your neighbours to treat you, treat them too. [90] What you find fault with, do not do either. ### Greek text Ὡς θέλεις χρήσασθαί σοι τοὺς πέλας, καὶ σὺ χρῶ αὐτοῖς, Ἃ ψέγεις, μηδὲ ποίει. ### English translation (Claude) As you wish your neighbours to treat you, treat them too. [90] What you find fault with, do not do either. ### Scripture references - Matt 7:12: allusion, high confidence ### Translation notes - This ref holds maxims 89 and 90 (marked [90]). ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 89 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-89). ## Sentence 91 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-91 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Let no one persuade you to do anything contrary to what is better. ### Greek text μηδείς σε πειθέτω ποιεῖν τι παρὰ τὸ βέλτιον. Ἃ δέδοταί σοι, κἂν ἀφέληταί σού τις, μὴ ἀγανάκτει. ### English translation (Claude) Let no one persuade you to do anything contrary to what is better. What has been given you, even if someone takes it from you, do not be indignant. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 91 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-91). ## Sentence 92 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-92 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: What God gives, no one takes away. [93] Consider before you act, and examine what you do, so that you do nothing you should not. ### Greek text Ἃ δίδωσιν ὁ θεός, οὐδεὶς ἀφαιρεῖται. Σκέπτου πρὸ τοῦ πράττειν καὶ ἃ πράττεις ἐξέταζε, ἵνα μηδὲν ποιῇς ὃ μὴ δεῖ. ### English translation (Claude) What God gives, no one takes away. [93] Consider before you act, and examine what you do, so that you do nothing you should not. ### Translation notes - This ref holds maxims 92 and 93 (marked [93]); the staged refs 93–95 are renumbered accordingly. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 92 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-92). ## Sentence 94 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-94 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: What you would not want God to know you are doing, do not do. ### Greek text Ὃ πράττων οὐκ ἂν θέλοις εἰδέναι τὸν θεόν, τοῦτο μὴ πράξῃς. ### English translation (Claude) What you would not want God to know you are doing, do not do. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 94 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-94). ## Sentence 95 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-95 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Before everything you do, think of God. ### Greek text Πρὸ παντὸς οὗ πράττεις νόει τὸν θεόν. Φῶς σου τῶν πράξεων προηγείσθω. ### English translation (Claude) Before everything you do, think of God. Let your light lead your actions. ### Scripture references - Matt 5:16: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 95 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-95). ## Sentence 96 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-96 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The greatest impiety toward God is ill-treating a human being. ### Greek text Μεγίστη ἀσέβεια εἰς θεὸν ἀνθρώπου κάκωσις. ### English translation (Claude) The greatest impiety toward God is ill-treating a human being. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 96 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-96). ## Sentence 97 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-97 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The soul is illumined by the thought of God. ### Greek text Ψυχὴ φωτίζεται ἐννοίᾳ θεοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) The soul is illumined by the thought of God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 97 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-97). ## Sentence 98 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-98 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Practise self-sufficiency. ### Greek text Αὐτάρκειαν ἄσκει. ### English translation (Claude) Practise self-sufficiency. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 98 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-98). ## Sentence 99 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-99 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Do not crave everything. ### Greek text Τῶν ἁπάντων μὴ ὀρέτου. ### English translation (Claude) Do not crave everything. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 99 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-99). ## Sentence 100 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-100 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Work hard at the causes of good things. ### Greek text Τῶν καλῶν ἐκπόνει τὰ αἴτια. ### English translation (Claude) Work hard at the causes of good things. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 100 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-100). ## Sentence 101 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-101 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Do not love the things of the body. ### Greek text Τὰ τοῦ σώματος μὴ ἀγάπα. ### English translation (Claude) Do not love the things of the body. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 101 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-101). ## Sentence 102 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-102 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A shameful deed makes a person unclean. ### Greek text ᾿Ακάθαρτον ἄνθρωπον ποιεῖ πρᾶξις αἰσχρά. ### English translation (Claude) A shameful deed makes a person unclean. ### Scripture references - Mark 7:20: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 102 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-102). ## Sentence 103 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-103 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The refutation of foolish opinion purifies the soul. ### Greek text Καθαίρει ψυχὴν ἀνοήτου δόξης ἔλεγχος. ### English translation (Claude) The refutation of foolish opinion purifies the soul. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 103 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-103). ## Sentence 104 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-104 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: God is the guide of human beings in good actions. ### Greek text Ὃ θεὸς ἀνθρώπων καλῶν πράξεων ἡγεμών ἐστιν. ### English translation (Claude) God is the guide of human beings in good actions. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 104 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-104). ## Sentence 105 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-105 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Consider no one an enemy. ### Greek text Μηδένα ἐχθρὸν ἡγοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) Consider no one an enemy. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 105 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-105). ## Sentence 106 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-106 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Love what is of your own kind. Love God even before your own soul. ### Greek text Αγάπα τὸ ὁμόφυλον. Αγάπα τὸν θεὸν καὶ πρὸ τῆς ψυχῆς σου. ### English translation (Claude) Love what is of your own kind. Love God even before your own soul. ### Scripture references - Matt 22:37: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 106 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-106). ## Sentence 107 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-107 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: It is not hard for sinners to come together without sinning. ### Greek text Οὐ χαλεπὸν ἁμαρτωλοὺς ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ γενέσθαι μὴ ἁμαρτάνοντας. ### English translation (Claude) It is not hard for sinners to come together without sinning. ### Translation notes - So the Greek as printed; the sense is uncertain, and Rufinus's Latin (“it is very evil for sinners to come together when they sin”) seems to read it differently. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 107 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-107). ## Sentence 108 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-108 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Much food hinders purity. Intemperance in food makes one unclean. ### Greek text Τροφαὶ πολλαὶ ἁγνείαν ἐμποδίζουσιν. Ἀκρασία σιτίων ἀκάθαρτον ποιεῖ. ### English translation (Claude) Much food hinders purity. Intemperance in food makes one unclean. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 108 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-108). ## Sentence 109 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-109 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The use of all living creatures for food is indifferent, but abstaining is more rational. ### Greek text Ἐμψύχων ἁπάντων χρῆσις μὲν ἀδιάφορον, ἀποχὴ δὲ λογικώτερον. ### English translation (Claude) The use of all living creatures for food is indifferent, but abstaining is more rational. ### Extrabiblical texts - Origen, Cels. 8.30 (Against Celsus): echo, high confidence ### Translation notes - The preference for abstaining from meat reflects the Pythagorean background of many of the maxims. Origen quotes this maxim (Against Celsus 8.30). ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 109 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-109). ## Sentence 110 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-110 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: It is not the foods and drinks that go in through the mouth that defile a person, but what comes out of an evil character. ### Greek text Οὐ τὰ εἰσιόντα διὰ τοῦ στόματος σιτία καὶ ποτὰ μιαίνει τὸν ἄνθρωπον, ἀλλὰ τὰ ἀπὸ κακοῦ ἤθους ἐξιόντα. ### English translation (Claude) It is not the foods and drinks that go in through the mouth that defile a person, but what comes out of an evil character. ### Scripture references - Matt 15:11: allusion, high confidence - Mark 7:15: allusion, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 110 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-110). ## Sentence 111 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-111 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Whatever food you take when overcome … defiles you. ### Greek text Ὃ ἂν... ἡττώμενος σιτίον προσφέρῃ μιαίνει σε. ### English translation (Claude) Whatever food you take when overcome … defiles you. ### Translation notes - A word is lost in the OCR (…); Rufinus has “overcome by appetite” in sense. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 111 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-111). ## Sentence 112 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-112 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Do not make it your aim to please the crowd. ### Greek text Πλήθει ἀρέσκειν μὴ ἐπιτήδευε. ### English translation (Claude) Do not make it your aim to please the crowd. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 112 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-112). ## Sentence 113 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-113 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Consider God the cause of everything you do well. ### Greek text Παντὸς οὗ καλῶς πράττεις αἴτιον ἡγοῦ τὸν θεόν. ### English translation (Claude) Consider God the cause of everything you do well. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 113 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-113). ## Sentence 114 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-114 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: God is not the cause of evils … ### Greek text Κακῶν θεὸς ἀναίτιος... ### English translation (Claude) God is not the cause of evils … ### Translation notes - The maxim breaks off in the OCR (…). ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 114 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-114). ## Sentence 115 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-115 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Do not grasp for more of what the body seeks. ### Greek text Μὴ πλεονέκτει, ὧν τὸ σῶμα ἐπιζητεῖ. ### English translation (Claude) Do not grasp for more of what the body seeks. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 115 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-115). ## Sentence 116 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-116 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Gold does not rescue the soul from evils. ### Greek text Ψυχὴν χρυσὸς οὐ ῥύεται κακῶν. ### English translation (Claude) Gold does not rescue the soul from evils. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 116 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-116). ## Sentence 117 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-117 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: You were not born to luxuriate in God's provision. ### Greek text Οὐ γέγονας ἐντρυφήσων τῇ τοῦ θεοῦ παρασκευῇ, ### English translation (Claude) You were not born to luxuriate in God's provision. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 117 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-117). ## Sentence 118 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-118 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Acquire what no one takes from you. ### Greek text Κτῶ ἃ μηδείς σου ἀφαιρεῖται. ### English translation (Claude) Acquire what no one takes from you. ### Scripture references - Matt 6:20: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 118 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-118). ## Sentence 119 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-119 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Bear necessities as necessities. [120] Practise greatness of soul. ### Greek text Φέρε τὰ ἀναγκαῖα ὡς ἀναγκαῖα. Μεγαλοψυχίαν ἄσκει. ### English translation (Claude) Bear necessities as necessities. [120] Practise greatness of soul. ### Translation notes - This ref holds maxims 119 and 120 (marked [120]). ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 119 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-119). ## Sentence 121 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-121 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Do not cling to the things for despising which you are rightly praised. ### Greek text Ὧν καταφρονῶν ἐπαινῇ εὐλόγως, τούτων μὴ περιέχου. Ἐφ᾽ οἷς εὐλόγως μεγαλοφρονεῖς, ταῦτα κέκτησο. ### English translation (Claude) Do not cling to the things for despising which you are rightly praised. Possess the things in which you rightly take pride. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 121 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-121). ## Sentence 122 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-122 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Pray to God for what is worthy of God. ### Greek text Εὔχου τῷ θεῷ τὰ ἄξια τοῦ θεοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) Pray to God for what is worthy of God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 122 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-122). ## Sentence 123 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-123 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Make the reason within you the law of your life. ### Greek text Τὸν ἐν σοὶ λόγον τοῦ βίου σου νόμον ποίει. ### English translation (Claude) Make the reason within you the law of your life. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 123 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-123). ## Sentence 124 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-124 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Ask from God what you could not receive from a human being. ### Greek text Αἰτοῦ παρὰ θεοῦ, ἃ μὴ λάβοις ἂν παρὰ ἀνθρώπου, ### English translation (Claude) Ask from God what you could not receive from a human being. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 124 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-124). ## Sentence 125 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-125 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Pray that what toils lead to may come to you after the toils. ### Greek text Ὧν ἡγεμόνες οἱ πόνοι, ταῦτά σοι εὔχου γενέσθαι μετὰ τοὺς πόνους. ### English translation (Claude) Pray that what toils lead to may come to you after the toils. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 125 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-125). ## Sentence 126 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-126 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The prayer of a lazy person is empty talk. ### Greek text Εὐχὴ ῥᾳθύμου μάταιος λόγος. ### English translation (Claude) The prayer of a lazy person is empty talk. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 126 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-126). ## Sentence 127 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-127 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Despise what you will not need once you are released from the body. [128] What you will not keep once you have acquired it, do not ask from God. ### Greek text Ὧν τοῦ σώματος ἀπαλλαγεὶς οὐ δεήσῃ, καταφρόνει. Ὃ κτησάμενος οὐ καθέξεις, μὴ αἰτοῦ παρὰ θεοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) Despise what you will not need once you are released from the body. [128] What you will not keep once you have acquired it, do not ask from God. ### Translation notes - This ref holds maxims 127 and 128 (marked [128]); the staged ref 128 is a leaked note of the editor (Origen's citation of maxim 109) and is held back. The editor's note at the end of this ref is removed. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 127 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-127). ## Sentence 129 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-129 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Accustom your soul, next after God, to think highly of itself. ### Greek text Ἔθιζε τὴν ψυχήν σου μετὰ θεὸν ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτῇ μεγαλοφρονεῖν. ### English translation (Claude) Accustom your soul, next after God, to think highly of itself. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 129 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-129). ## Sentence 130 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-130 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Value nothing that a bad man can take away from you. ### Greek text Μηθὲν ὧν ἀφαιρήσεταί σε κακὸς ἀνὴρ τίμα. ### English translation (Claude) Value nothing that a bad man can take away from you. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 130 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-130). ## Sentence 131 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-131 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Consider good only what befits God. ### Greek text Μόνον ἀγαθὸν ἡγοῦ τὸ πρέπον θεῷ. ### English translation (Claude) Consider good only what befits God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 131 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-131). ## Sentence 132 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-132 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: What is worthy of God is worthy also of a good man. ### Greek text Τὸ ἄξιον τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ ἀνδρὸς ἀγαθοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) What is worthy of God is worthy also of a good man. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 132 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-132). ## Sentence 133 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-133 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: What does not contribute to happiness for God does not for a human being either. ### Greek text Ὃ οὐ συμβάλλεται πρὸς εὐδαιμονίαν θεῷ, οὐδὲ ἀνθρώπῳ. ### English translation (Claude) What does not contribute to happiness for God does not for a human being either. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 133 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-133). ## Sentence 134 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-134 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Want the things that God too would want. ### Greek text Ταῦτα θέλε, ἃ θέλοι ἂν καὶ ὁ θεός. ### English translation (Claude) Want the things that God too would want. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 134 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-134). ## Sentence 135 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-135 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A son of God is one who values only the things that God values. ### Greek text Υἱὸς θεοῦ ὁ ταῦτα μόνα τιμῶν, ἃ καὶ ὁ θεός. ### English translation (Claude) A son of God is one who values only the things that God values. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 135 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-135). ## Sentence 136 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-136 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: As long as the body longs, the soul does not know God. ### Greek text Ἐφ᾽ ὅσον ποθεῖ τὸ σῶμα, ἣ ψυχὴ τὸν θεὸν ἀγνοεῖ. ### English translation (Claude) As long as the body longs, the soul does not know God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 136 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-136). ## Sentence 137 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-137 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Desire for possessions is the beginning of greed. ### Greek text Ὄρεξις κτήσεως ἀρχὴ πλεονεξίας. ### English translation (Claude) Desire for possessions is the beginning of greed. ### Scripture references - 1 Tim 6:10: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 137 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-137). ## Sentence 138 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-138 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Injustice grows from self-love. ### Greek text Ἐκ φιλαυτίας ἀδικία φύεται. ### English translation (Claude) Injustice grows from self-love. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 138 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-138). ## Sentence 139 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-139 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: By nature the body troubles the soul little. Love of pleasure makes the body unbearable. ### Greek text Ολίγα πέφυκεν τῇ ψυχῇ τὸ σῶμα ἐνοχλεῖν. Φιληδονία ποιεῖ σῶμα ἀφόρητον. ### English translation (Claude) By nature the body troubles the soul little. Love of pleasure makes the body unbearable. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 139 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-139). ## Sentence 140 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-140 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Everything in excess is hostile to a human being. ### Greek text Πᾶν τὸ πλέον ἀνθρώπῳ πολέμιον. ### English translation (Claude) Everything in excess is hostile to a human being. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 140 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-140). ## Sentence 141 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-141 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Loving what you should not, you will not love what you should. ### Greek text Φιλῶν ἃ μὴ δεῖ οὐ φιλήσεις ἃ δεῖ. ### English translation (Claude) Loving what you should not, you will not love what you should. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 141 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-141). ## Sentence 142 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-142 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: If you are eager about things that are not good, the good things will escape you. ### Greek text Σπουδάζοντά σε περὶ τὰ μὴ καλὰ λήσεται τὰ καλά. ### English translation (Claude) If you are eager about things that are not good, the good things will escape you. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 142 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-142). ## Sentence 143 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-143 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The mind of a wise man is always with God. ### Greek text Σοφοῦ διάνοια ἀεὶ παρὰ θεῷ. ### English translation (Claude) The mind of a wise man is always with God. ### Translation notes - Rufinus's Latin gives maxims 143–145 in a different order. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 143 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-143). ## Sentence 144 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-144 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: God dwells in the mind of a wise man. ### Greek text Σοφοῦ διανοίᾳ θεὸς ἐνοικεῖ. ### English translation (Claude) God dwells in the mind of a wise man. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 144 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-144). ## Sentence 145 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-145 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A wise man is known to few. ### Greek text Σοφὸς ὀλίγοις γινώσκεται. ### English translation (Claude) A wise man is known to few. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 145 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-145). ## Sentence 146 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-146 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Every desire is insatiable, and therefore also always in want. ### Greek text ᾿Απλήρωτος ἐπιθυμία ἅπασα παντὸς, διὰ τοῦτο καὶ ἄπορος. ### English translation (Claude) Every desire is insatiable, and therefore also always in want. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 146 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-146). ## Sentence 147 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-147 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: What is wise is always like itself. ### Greek text Τὸ σοφὸν ἀεὶ ἑαυτῷ ὅμοιον. ### English translation (Claude) What is wise is always like itself. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 147 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-147). ## Sentence 148 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-148 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Knowledge of God and likeness to him suffice for happiness. ### Greek text Αὔταρκες πρὸς εὐδαιμονίαν θεοῦ γνῶσις καὶ ὁμοίωμα. ### English translation (Claude) Knowledge of God and likeness to him suffice for happiness. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 148 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-148). ## Sentence 149 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-149 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Bad people who are flattered become worse. ### Greek text Κακοὶ κολακευόμενοι κακίους γίνονται. ### English translation (Claude) Bad people who are flattered become worse. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 149 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-149). ## Sentence 150 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-150 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Wickedness that is praised becomes unbearable. ### Greek text ᾿Αφόρητον γίνεται κακία ἐπαινουμένη. ### English translation (Claude) Wickedness that is praised becomes unbearable. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 150 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-150). ## Sentence 151 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-151 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Let your tongue follow your mind. ### Greek text Ἢ γλῶσσά σου τῷ νοῖ σου ἐπέσθω. ### English translation (Claude) Let your tongue follow your mind. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 151 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-151). ## Sentence 152 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-152 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: It is better to throw a stone at random than a word. ### Greek text Αἱρετώτερον λίθον εἰκῆ βάλλειν ἢ λόγον. ### English translation (Claude) It is better to throw a stone at random than a word. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 152 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-152). ## Sentence 153 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-153 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Consider before speaking, so that you do not say what you should not. ### Greek text Σκέπτου πρὸ τοῦ λέγειν, ἵνα μὴ λέγῃς ἃ μὴ ### English translation (Claude) Consider before speaking, so that you do not say what you should not. ### Translation notes - The last word is lost in the OCR and is supplied by sense. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 153 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-153). ## Sentence 154 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-154 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Words without mind are noise. ### Greek text Ῥήματα ἄνευ νοῦ ψόφοι. ### English translation (Claude) Words without mind are noise. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 154 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-154). ## Sentence 155 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-155 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Much talk does not escape sin. ### Greek text Πολυλογία οὐκ ἐκφεύγει ἁμαρτίαν. ### English translation (Claude) Much talk does not escape sin. ### Scripture references - Prov 10:19: allusion, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 155 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-155). ## Sentence 156 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-156 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Wisdom goes with brevity of speech. ### Greek text Βραχυλογίᾳ σοφία παρακολουθεῖ. ### English translation (Claude) Wisdom goes with brevity of speech. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 156 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-156). ## Sentence 157 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-157 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Long-windedness is a sign of ignorance. ### Greek text Μακρολογία σημεῖον ἀμαθίας. ### English translation (Claude) Long-windedness is a sign of ignorance. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 157 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-157). ## Sentence 158 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-158 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Love the truth. ### Greek text Τὸ ἀληθὲς ἀγάπα. ### English translation (Claude) Love the truth. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 158 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-158). ## Sentence 159 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-159 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Use falsehood like poison. ### Greek text Τῷ ψεύδει χρῶ ὡς φαρμάκῳ. ### English translation (Claude) Use falsehood like poison. ### Translation notes - φάρμακον can mean either “drug” or “poison”; Rufinus took it as poison (venenum). ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 159 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-159). ## Sentence 160 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-160 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Let the right moment lead your words. ### Greek text Καιρὸς τῶν λόγων σου προηγείσθω. ### English translation (Claude) Let the right moment lead your words. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 160 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-160). ## Sentence 161 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-161 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Speak when it is not fitting to be silent. ### Greek text Λέγε, ὅτε σιγᾶν οὐ καθήκει. ### English translation (Claude) Speak when it is not fitting to be silent. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 161 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-161). ## Sentence 162 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-162 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: About what you do not know, be silent. About what you know, speak when you must. ### Greek text Περὶ ὧν οὐκ οἶδας, σιώπα. Περὶ ὧν οἶδας, ὅτε δεῖ λέγε. ### English translation (Claude) About what you do not know, be silent. About what you know, speak when you must. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 162 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-162). ## Sentence 163 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-163 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A word out of season is proof of an evil mind. When you ought to act, do not use words. ### Greek text Λόγος παρὰ καιρὸν διανοίας ἔλεγχος κακῆς. Ὁπότε δεῖ πράττειν, λόγῳ μὴ χρῶ. ### English translation (Claude) A word out of season is proof of an evil mind. When you ought to act, do not use words. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 163 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-163). ## Sentence 164 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-164 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: In an assembly do not make a point of speaking first. The knowledge of speaking and of keeping silent is the same. ### Greek text Ἐν συλλόγῳ πρῶτος λέγειν μὴ ἐπιτήδευε. Ἢ αὐτὴ ἐπιστήμη ἐστὶ τοῦ λέγειν καὶ τοῦ σιωπᾶν ### English translation (Claude) In an assembly do not make a point of speaking first. The knowledge of speaking and of keeping silent is the same. ### Translation notes - The last word is cut off in the OCR and supplied by sense. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 164 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-164). ## Sentence 165 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-165 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: It is better to be defeated speaking the truth than to prevail by deceit. One who wins by deceiving is defeated in character. False words become witnesses of evils. Great is the crisis in which a falsehood is fitting. When you would sin by speaking the truth, … then you will not sin by speaking falsehood. Deceive no one, above all one who needs counsel. By speaking with many you will see better what is beneficial. ### Greek text ἼἌμεινον ἡττᾶσθαι τἀληθῆ λέγοντα τοῦ περιγενέσθαι μετὰ ἀπάτης. Ὁ νικῶν τῷ ἀπατᾶν νικᾶται ἐν ἤθει. Μάρτυρες κακῶν γίνονται λόγοι ψευδεῖς. Μεγάλη περίστασις, ἧἣ πρέπει ψεῦδος. Όπότε ἁμαρτάνων εἶ τἀληθῆ λέγων, ἀναγκ τότε ψευδῆ λέγων οὐχ ἁμαρτήσεις. Μηδένα ἀπάτα, μάλιστα τὸν συμβουλίας δεόμενον Μετὰ πλειόνων λέγων μᾶλλον ὄψει τὰ συμφέροντα ### English translation (Claude) It is better to be defeated speaking the truth than to prevail by deceit. One who wins by deceiving is defeated in character. False words become witnesses of evils. Great is the crisis in which a falsehood is fitting. When you would sin by speaking the truth, … then you will not sin by speaking falsehood. Deceive no one, above all one who needs counsel. By speaking with many you will see better what is beneficial. ### Translation notes - The OCR has lost the ends of several lines here; clear endings are restored and logged, and a lost word in the fifth sentence is marked (…). ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 165 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-165). ## Sentence 166 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-166 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Faith is the leader of all good actions. ### Greek text Πίστις ἁπασῶν καλῶν πράξεων ἡγεμών ἐστι. ### English translation (Claude) Faith is the leader of all good actions. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 166 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-166). ## Sentence 167 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-167 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Wisdom leads the soul to God. ### Greek text Σοφία ψυχὴν ὁδηγεῖ πρὸς θεόν. ### English translation (Claude) Wisdom leads the soul to God. ### Translation notes - An apparatus note of the editor that the OCR ran into this line is removed. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 167 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-167). ## Sentence 168 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-168 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Nothing is more akin to wisdom than truth. ### Greek text Οὐδὲν οἰκειότερον σοφίᾳ ἀληθείας. ### English translation (Claude) Nothing is more akin to wisdom than truth. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 168 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-168). ## Sentence 169 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-169 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The same nature cannot be both faithful and a lover of falsehood. ### Greek text Οὐ δυνατὸν τὴν αὐτὴν φύσιν πιστήν τε εἶναι καὶ φιλοψευδῆ. ### English translation (Claude) The same nature cannot be both faithful and a lover of falsehood. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 169 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-169). ## Sentence 170 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-170 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A cowardly and servile nature would have no share in faith. ### Greek text Δειλῇ καὶ ἀνελευθέρῳ φύσει πίστις οὐκ ἂν μετείη. ### English translation (Claude) A cowardly and servile nature would have no share in faith. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 170 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-170). ## Sentence 171 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-171 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: If you are faithful, do not prefer speaking what you should to listening. When you are among the faithful, listen rather than speak. ### Greek text Τὸ λέγειν ἃ δεῖ τοῦ ἀκούειν πιστὸς ὧν μὴ προτίμα. Ὲν πιστοῖς ὧν μᾶλλον ἄκουε ἤπερ λέγε. ### English translation (Claude) If you are faithful, do not prefer speaking what you should to listening. When you are among the faithful, listen rather than speak. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 171 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-171). ## Sentence 172 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-172 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A man who loves pleasure is useless in everything. ### Greek text Φιλήδονος ἀνὴρ ἄχρηστος ἐν παντί. ### English translation (Claude) A man who loves pleasure is useless in everything. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 172 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-172). ## Sentence 173 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-173 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Unless you are blameless, do not use words about God. ### Greek text Ἀνεύθυνος ὢν λόγοις μὴ χρῶ περὶ θεοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) Unless you are blameless, do not use words about God. ### Translation notes - The Greek as read begins with a stray mark; translated by sense. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 173 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-173). ## Sentence 174 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-174 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The sins of the ignorant are a reproach to those who taught them. ### Greek text Τὰ τῶν ἀγνοούντων ἁμαρτήματα τῶν διδαξάντων αὐτοὺς ὀνείδη. ### English translation (Claude) The sins of the ignorant are a reproach to those who taught them. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 174 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-174). ## Sentence 175 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-175 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Those through whom the name of God is reviled are dead before God. ### Greek text Νεκροὶ παρὰ θεῷ, δι᾽ οὖς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ θεοῦ. λοιδορεῖται. ### English translation (Claude) Those through whom the name of God is reviled are dead before God. ### Scripture references - Rom 2:24: allusion, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 175 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-175). ## Sentence 176 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-176 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A wise man is a benefactor next after God. ### Greek text Σοφὸς ἀνὴρ εὐεργέτης μετὰ θεόν. ### English translation (Claude) A wise man is a benefactor next after God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 176 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-176). ## Sentence 177 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-177 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Let your life confirm your words before those who hear you. ### Greek text Τοὺς λόγους σου ὁ βίος βεβαιούτω παρὰ τοῖς ἀκούουσιν. ### English translation (Claude) Let your life confirm your words before those who hear you. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 177 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-177). ## Sentence 178 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-178 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: What you should not do, do not even think of doing. ### Greek text Ὃ μὴ δεῖ ποιεῖν, μηδ᾽ ὑπονοοῦ ποιεῖν. ### English translation (Claude) What you should not do, do not even think of doing. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 178 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-178). ## Sentence 179 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-179 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: What you do not want to suffer, do not do either. ### Greek text Ἃ μὴ θέλεις παθεῖν, μηδὲ ποίει. ### English translation (Claude) What you do not want to suffer, do not do either. ### Scripture references - Matt 7:12: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 179 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-179). ## Sentence 180 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-180 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: What is shameful to do is also shameful to order another to do. ### Greek text Ἃ ποιεῖν αἰσχρόν, καὶ προστάττειν ἑτέρῳ αἰσχρόν. ### English translation (Claude) What is shameful to do is also shameful to order another to do. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 180 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-180). ## Sentence 181 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-181 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Keep pure from sins even in your mind. ### Greek text Μέχρι καὶ τῷ νῷ καθάρευε τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων. ### English translation (Claude) Keep pure from sins even in your mind. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 181 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-181). ## Sentence 182 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-182 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: When you rule over people, remember that you are ruled by God. ### Greek text Ἄρχων ἀνθρώπων μέμνησο ἄρχεσθαι παρὰ θεοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) When you rule over people, remember that you are ruled by God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 182 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-182). ## Sentence 183 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-183 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Whoever judges a person is judged by God. ### Greek text Ὁ κρίνων ἄνθρωπον κρίνεται ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) Whoever judges a person is judged by God. ### Scripture references - Matt 7:1–2: allusion, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 183 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-183). ## Sentence 184 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-184 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The danger is greater for the judge than for the one on trial. ### Greek text Μείζων ὁ κίνδυνος δικαζομένου δικαστῇ. ### English translation (Claude) The danger is greater for the judge than for the one on trial. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 184 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-184). ## Sentence 185 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-185 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Harm a person with anything rather than with a word. ### Greek text Απασι μᾶλλον ἢ λόγῳ βλάπτε ἄνθρωπον. ### English translation (Claude) Harm a person with anything rather than with a word. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 185 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-185). ## Sentence 186 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-186 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: It is possible to deceive a human being with a word, but impossible to deceive God. ### Greek text Δυνατὸν ἀπατῆσαι λόγῳ ἄνθρωπον, θεὸν μέντοι ἀδύνατον. ### English translation (Claude) It is possible to deceive a human being with a word, but impossible to deceive God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 186 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-186). ## Sentence 187 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-187 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: It is not hard to have knowledge and yet be defeated in argument. ### Greek text Οὐ χαλεπὸν ἐπίστασθαι καὶ ἐν λόγῳ νενικῆσθαι. ### English translation (Claude) It is not hard to have knowledge and yet be defeated in argument. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 187 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-187). ## Sentence 188 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-188 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The chief cause of wrong belief is love of glory in matters of faith. ### Greek text Κακοδοξίας αἰτιώτατον ἣ ἐν πίστει φιλοδοξία. ### English translation (Claude) The chief cause of wrong belief is love of glory in matters of faith. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 188 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-188). ## Sentence 189 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-189 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Value being faithful by being so. ### Greek text Τίμα τὸ πιστὸς εἶναι διὰ τοῦ εἶναι. ### English translation (Claude) Value being faithful by being so. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 189 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-189). ## Sentence 190 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-190 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Revere a wise man as a living image of God. ### Greek text Σέβου σοφὸν ἄνδρα ὡς εἰκόνα θεοῦ ζῶσαν. ### English translation (Claude) Revere a wise man as a living image of God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 190 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-190). ## Sentence 191 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-191 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Even if a wise man is naked, let him seem to you to be wise. ### Greek text Σοφὸς ἀνὴρ καὶ γυμνὸς ὧν δοκείτω σοι σοφὸς εἶναι. ### English translation (Claude) Even if a wise man is naked, let him seem to you to be wise. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 191 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-191). ## Sentence 192 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-192 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Honour no one because he has much money. ### Greek text Διὰ τὸ πολλὰ ἔχειν χρήματα τιμήσῃς μηδένα. ### English translation (Claude) Honour no one because he has much money. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 192 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-192). ## Sentence 193 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-193 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: It is hard for a rich man to be saved. ### Greek text Χαλεπόν ἐστιν πλουτοῦντα σωθῆναι. ### English translation (Claude) It is hard for a rich man to be saved. ### Scripture references - Matt 19:23: allusion, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 193 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-193). ## Sentence 194 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-194 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: To find fault with a wise man and with God is an equal sin. ### Greek text Ψέγειν ἄνδρα σοφὸν καὶ θεὸν ἴσον ἁμάρτημα. ### English translation (Claude) To find fault with a wise man and with God is an equal sin. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 194 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-194). ## Sentence 195 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-195 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: When you handle discourse about God, consider that the souls of your hearers have been given to you as a deposit. ### Greek text Λόγον χειρίζων περὶ θεοῦ παραθήκην σοι δεδόσθαι νόμιζε τὰς ψυχὰς τῶν ἀκουόντων. ### English translation (Claude) When you handle discourse about God, consider that the souls of your hearers have been given to you as a deposit. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 195 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-195). ## Sentence 196 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-196 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: You cannot live well unless you have believed sincerely. ### Greek text Οὐκ ἔστιν σοι βιῶναι καλῶς μὴ πεπιστευκότα γνησίως. ### English translation (Claude) You cannot live well unless you have believed sincerely. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 196 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-196). ## Sentence 197 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-197 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Consider only what is noble good, and only what befits God noble. ### Greek text Μόνον τὸ καλὸν ἀγαθὸν ἡγοῦ καὶ καλὸν μόνον τὸ πρέπον θεῷ. ### English translation (Claude) Consider only what is noble good, and only what befits God noble. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 197 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-197). ## Sentence 198 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-198 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Do great things without promising great things. ### Greek text Ποίει μεγάλα μὴ μεγάλα ὑπισχνούμενος. ### English translation (Claude) Do great things without promising great things. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 198 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-198). ## Sentence 199 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-199 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: You will not become wise by thinking you are wise before you are. ### Greek text Οὐ γενήσῃ σοφὸς οἰόμενος εἶναι πρὸ τοῦ εἶναι. ### English translation (Claude) You will not become wise by thinking you are wise before you are. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 199 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-199). ## Sentence 200 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-200 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A great crisis shows a faithful man. ### Greek text Μεγάλη περίστασις πιστὸν ἄνδρα δείκνυσι. ### English translation (Claude) A great crisis shows a faithful man. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 200 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-200). ## Sentence 201 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-201 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Consider the goal of life to be living according to God. ### Greek text Τέλος ἡγοῦ βίου τὸ ζῆν κατὰ θεόν. ### English translation (Claude) Consider the goal of life to be living according to God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 201 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-201). ## Sentence 202 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-202 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Consider nothing evil that is not shameful. ### Greek text Μηδὲν ἡγοῦ κακόν, ὃ μή ἐστιν αἰσχρόν. ### English translation (Claude) Consider nothing evil that is not shameful. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 202 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-202). ## Sentence 203 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-203 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The end of evil is insolence, and the end of insolence is ruin. ### Greek text Κακοῦ πέρας ὕβρις, ὕβρεως δὲ ὄλεθρος. ### English translation (Claude) The end of evil is insolence, and the end of insolence is ruin. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 203 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-203). ## Sentence 204 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-204 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Passion will not rise up into the heart of a faithful person. ### Greek text Οὐκ ἀναβήσεται πάθος ἐπὶ καρδίαν πιστοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) Passion will not rise up into the heart of a faithful person. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 204 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-204). ## Sentence 205 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-205 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Every passion of the soul is hostile to reason. ### Greek text Πᾶν πάθος ψυχῆς λόγῳ πολέμιον. ### English translation (Claude) Every passion of the soul is hostile to reason. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 205 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-205). ## Sentence 206 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-206 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Whatever you do while in the grip of passion, you will regret. ### Greek text Ὃ ἂν πράξης ἐν πάθει ὦν, μετανοήσεις. ### English translation (Claude) Whatever you do while in the grip of passion, you will regret. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 206 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-206). ## Sentence 207 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-207 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Passions are the beginnings of diseases. ### Greek text Πάθη νοσημάτων ἀρχαί. ### English translation (Claude) Passions are the beginnings of diseases. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 207 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-207). ## Sentence 208 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-208 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Wickedness is a disease of the soul. Injustice is the death of the soul. ### Greek text Κακία νόσος ψυχῆς. Αδικία ψυχῆς θάνατός. ### English translation (Claude) Wickedness is a disease of the soul. Injustice is the death of the soul. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 208 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-208). ## Sentence 209 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-209 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Consider yourself faithful only when you are freed from the passions of the soul. ### Greek text Τότε δόκει πιστὸς εἶναι, ὅταν τῶν τῆς ψυχῆς παθῶν ἀπαλλαγῆς. ### English translation (Claude) Consider yourself faithful only when you are freed from the passions of the soul. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 209 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-209). ## Sentence 210 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-210 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Treat all people as a common benefactor of humankind. As you wish your neighbours to treat you, treat them too. ### Greek text ᾿Ανθρώποις χρῶ τοῖς ἅπασιν ὡς κοινὸς ἀνθρώπων εὐεργέτης. Ὡς θέλεις χρήσασθαί σοι τοὺς πέλας, καὶ σὺ χρῶ αὐτοῖς. ### English translation (Claude) Treat all people as a common benefactor of humankind. As you wish your neighbours to treat you, treat them too. ### Scripture references - Matt 7:12: allusion, high confidence ### Translation notes - The second sentence repeats maxim 89; its last word stood displaced in the OCR and is put back. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 210 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-210). ## Sentence 211 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-211 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: By treating people badly you will treat yourself badly. ### Greek text Ανϑρώποις κακῶς χρώμενος σεαυτῷ κακῶς χρήσῃ. ### English translation (Claude) By treating people badly you will treat yourself badly. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 211 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-211). ## Sentence 212 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-212 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The faithful person will do harm to no one. ### Greek text Οὐδένα κακῶς ποιήσει ὁ πιστός. ### English translation (Claude) The faithful person will do harm to no one. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 212 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-212). ## Sentence 213 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-213 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Pray to be able to do good to your enemies. ### Greek text Εὔχου τοὺς ἐχθροὺς δύνασθαι εὐεργετεῖν. ### English translation (Claude) Pray to be able to do good to your enemies. ### Scripture references - Matt 5:44: allusion, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 213 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-213). ## Sentence 214 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-214 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A wise man seems useless to the base. ### Greek text Φαύλοις φαίνεται ἄχρηστος σοφὸς ἀνήρ. ### English translation (Claude) A wise man seems useless to the base. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 214 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-214). ## Sentence 215 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-215 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Without God you will not live well. ### Greek text Οὐκ ἄνευ θεοῦ καλῶς ζήσεις. ### English translation (Claude) Without God you will not live well. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 215 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-215). ## Sentence 216 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-216 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Endure everything for the sake of living according to God. ### Greek text Ὑπὲρ τοῦ κατὰ θεὸν ζῆν πάντα ὑπόμενε. ### English translation (Claude) Endure everything for the sake of living according to God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 216 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-216). ## Sentence 217 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-217 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: God does not hear the prayer of one who does not hear people in need. ### Greek text Εὐχῆς οὐκ ἀκούει θεὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπων δεομένων οὐκ ἀκούοντος. ### English translation (Claude) God does not hear the prayer of one who does not hear people in need. ### Scripture references - Prov 21:13: allusion, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 217 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-217). ## Sentence 218 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-218 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A philosopher is a gift from God to a philosopher. ### Greek text Φιλόσοφος φιλοσόφῳ δῶρον παρὰ θεοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) A philosopher is a gift from God to a philosopher. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 218 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-218). ## Sentence 219 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-219 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: By honouring a philosopher you will honour yourself. ### Greek text Τιμῶν φιλόσοφον τιμήσεις σεαυτόν. ### English translation (Claude) By honouring a philosopher you will honour yourself. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 219 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-219). ## Sentence 220 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-220 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Being faithful, be so. ### Greek text Πιστὸς ὧν ἴσθι. ### English translation (Claude) Being faithful, be so. ### Translation notes - The Greek is very brief (πιστὸς ὢν ἴσθι); translated literally. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 220 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-220). ## Sentence 221 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-221 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: When someone calls you son, remember whose son he calls you. ### Greek text Ὅταν υἱόν σε λέγῃ τις, μέμνησο τίνος σε λέγει υἱόν. ### English translation (Claude) When someone calls you son, remember whose son he calls you. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 221 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-221). ## Sentence 222 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-222 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: When you call God Father, remember this in what you do. ### Greek text Θεὸν πατέρα καλῶν ἐν οἷς πράττεις τούτου μέμνησο. ### English translation (Claude) When you call God Father, remember this in what you do. ### Translation notes - This repeats maxim 59. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 222 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-222). ## Sentence 223 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-223 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Let your faithful words be full of much piety. ### Greek text Τὰ ῥήματά σου τὰ πιστὰ πολλῆς εὐσεβείας μεστὰ ἔστω. ### English translation (Claude) Let your faithful words be full of much piety. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 223 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-223). ## Sentence 224 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-224 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: In what you do, keep God before your eyes. ### Greek text Ἐν οἷς πράττεις πρὸ ὀφθαλμῶν ἔχε τὸν θεόν. ### English translation (Claude) In what you do, keep God before your eyes. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 224 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-224). ## Sentence 225 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-225 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: It is terrible for one who confesses God as Father to do anything shameful. ### Greek text Δεινόν ἐστιν θεὸν πατέρα ὁμολογοῦντα πρᾶξαί τι ἄσχημον. ### English translation (Claude) It is terrible for one who confesses God as Father to do anything shameful. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 225 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-225). ## Sentence 226 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-226 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: One who does not love the wise man does not love himself either. ### Greek text Σοφὸν ὁ μὴ φιλῶν οὐδὲ ἑαυτόν. ### English translation (Claude) One who does not love the wise man does not love himself either. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 226 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-226). ## Sentence 227 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-227 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Let a philosopher consider nothing his own possession. ### Greek text Μηθὲν ἴδιον κτῆμα νομιζέσθω φιλοσόφῳ. ### English translation (Claude) Let a philosopher consider nothing his own possession. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 227 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-227). ## Sentence 228 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-228 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Where God is common to all, and that as Father, it is not pious that their possessions should not be common. ### Greek text Ὧν κοινὸς ὁ θεὸς καὶ ταῦτα ὡς πατήρ, τούτων μὴ κοινὰ εἶναι τὰ κτήματα οὐκ εὐσεβές. ### English translation (Claude) Where God is common to all, and that as Father, it is not pious that their possessions should not be common. ### Scripture references - Acts 4:32: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 228 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-228). ## Sentence 229 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-229 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: One who does not hold a philosopher in high regard is ungrateful to God. ### Greek text Αχαριστεῖ θεῷ ὁ μὴ περὶ πολλοῦ ποιούμενος φιλόσοφον. ### English translation (Claude) One who does not hold a philosopher in high regard is ungrateful to God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 229 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-229). ## Sentence 230 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-230 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: For he grants you to refuse marriage, so that you may live as one who sits beside God. Marry and have children, knowing that each is hard; but if, knowing as you do that war is hard, you would still show courage, then marry and have children. ### Greek text Γάμον γὰρ δίδωσίν σοι παραιτεῖσθαι, ἵνα ζήσῃς ὡς πάρεδρος θεῷ. Γάμει καὶ παιδοποιοῦ χαλεπὸν εἰδὼς ἑκάτερον᾽ εἰ δὲ καθάπερ εἰδὼς πόλεμον ὅτι χαλεπὸν ἀνδρίζοιο, καὶ γάμει καὶ παιδοποιοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) For he grants you to refuse marriage, so that you may live as one who sits beside God. Marry and have children, knowing that each is hard; but if, knowing as you do that war is hard, you would still show courage, then marry and have children. ### Scripture references - 1 Cor 7:32–35: echo, medium confidence ### Translation notes - The first sentence permits celibacy; the second allows marriage for one who accepts its hardship. Translated exactly; compare 1 Cor 7:32–35. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 230 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-230). ## Sentence 231 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-231 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Every licentious man is an adulterer with his own wife. ### Greek text Μοιχὸς τῆς ἑαυτοῦ γυναικὸς πᾶς ὁ ἀκόλαστος. ### English translation (Claude) Every licentious man is an adulterer with his own wife. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 231 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-231). ## Sentence 232 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-232 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Do nothing for the sake of mere pleasure. ### Greek text Μηδὲν ἕνεκα ψιλῆς ἡδονῆς ποίει... ### English translation (Claude) Do nothing for the sake of mere pleasure. ### Translation notes - The OCR marks a gap at the end (…), probably only a stray mark. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 232 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-232). ## Sentence 233 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-233 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Know that you are an adulterer even if you only think of committing adultery; and let the same principle hold for you concerning every sin. ### Greek text Ἴσθι μοιχὸς εἶναι, κἂν νοήσῃς μοιχεῦσαι᾽ καὶ περὶ παντὸς ἁμαρτήματος ὁ αὐτὸς ἔστω σοι λόγος. ### English translation (Claude) Know that you are an adulterer even if you only think of committing adultery; and let the same principle hold for you concerning every sin. ### Scripture references - Matt 5:28: allusion, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 233 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-233). ## Sentence 234 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-234 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: By calling yourself faithful you have confessed that you will not sin against God either. ### Greek text Πιστὸν εἰπὼν σεαυτὸν ὡμολόγησας μηδὲ ἁμαρτεῖν θεῷ. ### English translation (Claude) By calling yourself faithful you have confessed that you will not sin against God either. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 234 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-234). ## Sentence 235 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-235 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Let self-control be considered the adornment of a faithful wife. ### Greek text Πιστῇ γυναικὶ κόσμος σωφροσύνη νομιζέσθω. ### English translation (Claude) Let self-control be considered the adornment of a faithful wife. ### Scripture references - 1 Pet 3:3–5: allusion, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 235 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-235). ## Sentence 236 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-236 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A man who sends away his wife confesses that he is not able even to rule a wife. ### Greek text ᾿Ανὴρ γυναῖκα ἀποπέμπων ὁμολογεῖ μηδὲ γυναικὸς ἄρχειν δύνασθαι. ### English translation (Claude) A man who sends away his wife confesses that he is not able even to rule a wife. ### Translation notes - “Sends away” (ἀποπέμπων) is the usual verb for divorcing a wife. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 236 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-236). ## Sentence 237 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-237 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A self-controlled wife is her husband's glory. ### Greek text Γυνὴ σώφρων ἀνδρὸς εὔκλεια. ### English translation (Claude) A self-controlled wife is her husband's glory. ### Scripture references - Prov 12:4: allusion, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 237 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-237). ## Sentence 238 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-238 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: If you respect your wife, you will have a wife who respects you. ### Greek text Αἰδούμενος γαμετὴν αἰδουμένην ἕξεις. ### English translation (Claude) If you respect your wife, you will have a wife who respects you. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 238 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-238). ## Sentence 239 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-239 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Let the marriage of the faithful be a contest of self-control. ### Greek text Ὁ τῶν πιστῶν γάμος ἀγὼν ἔστω περὶ ἐγκρατείας. ### English translation (Claude) Let the marriage of the faithful be a contest of self-control. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 239 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-239). ## Sentence 240 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-240 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: As soon as you master your belly, you will master sexual desire too. ### Greek text Ὡς ἂν γαστρὸς ἄρξῃς, καὶ ἀφροδισίων ἄρξεις. ### English translation (Claude) As soon as you master your belly, you will master sexual desire too. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 240 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-240). ## Sentence 241 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-241 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Beware of praise from unbelievers. ### Greek text Φυλάττου τὸν παρὰ τῶν ἀπίστων ἔπαινον. ### English translation (Claude) Beware of praise from unbelievers. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 241 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-241). ## Sentence 242 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-242 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: What you receive freely from God, give freely too. ### Greek text Ἃ προῖκα λαμβάνεις παρὰ θεοῦ, καὶ δίδου προῖκα. ### English translation (Claude) What you receive freely from God, give freely too. ### Scripture references - Matt 10:8: allusion, high confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 242 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-242). ## Sentence 243 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-243 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: You would not find a multitude of the faithful; for what is good is rare. ### Greek text Πλῆθος πιστῶν οὐκ ἂν ἐξεύροις᾽ σπάνιον γὰρ τὸ ἀγαθόν. ### English translation (Claude) You would not find a multitude of the faithful; for what is good is rare. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 243 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-243). ## Sentence 244 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-244 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Honour a wise man next after God. ### Greek text Σοφὸν τίμα μετὰ θεόν. ### English translation (Claude) Honour a wise man next after God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 244 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-244). ## Sentence 245 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-245 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: When you are rebuked so that you may become wise, be grateful to those who rebuke you. ### Greek text Ἐλεγχόμενος ἵνα γένῃ σοφὸς χάριν ἴσθι τοῖς ἐλέγχουσιν. ### English translation (Claude) When you are rebuked so that you may become wise, be grateful to those who rebuke you. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 245 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-245). ## Sentence 246 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-246 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: One who cannot bear the wise man cannot bear the good. ### Greek text Ὁ τὸν σοφὸν οὐ δυνάμενος φέρειν τὸ ἀγαθὸν οὐ δύναται φέρειν. ### English translation (Claude) One who cannot bear the wise man cannot bear the good. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 246 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-246). ## Sentence 247 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-247 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: If you wish to be faithful, above all do not sin; but if you do, do not commit the same sin twice. ### Greek text Πιστὸς εἶναι θέλων μάλιστα μὲν μὴ ἁμάρτῃς, εἰ δέ τι, μὴ δισσῶς τὸ αὐτό. ### English translation (Claude) If you wish to be faithful, above all do not sin; but if you do, do not commit the same sin twice. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 247 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-247). ## Sentence 248 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-248 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: What is not a lesson worthy of God, do not learn. ### Greek text Ὃ μή ἐστι μάθημα θεοῦ ἄξιον, μὴ μάθῃς. ### English translation (Claude) What is not a lesson worthy of God, do not learn. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 248 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-248). ## Sentence 249 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-249 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Let much learning be considered a meddlesomeness of the soul. ### Greek text Πολυμαθία περιεργία ψυχῆς νομιζέσθω. ### English translation (Claude) Let much learning be considered a meddlesomeness of the soul. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 249 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-249). ## Sentence 250 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-250 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: One who knows the things worthy of God is a wise man. ### Greek text Ὃ τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ ἄξια εἰδὼς σοφὸς ἀνήρ. ### English translation (Claude) One who knows the things worthy of God is a wise man. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 250 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-250). ## Sentence 251 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-251 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Without learning you will not be dear to God; cling to it as necessary. ### Greek text Χωρὶς μαθήματος οὐκ ἔσῃ θεοφιλής" ἐκείνου περιέχου ὡς ἀναγκαίου. ### English translation (Claude) Without learning you will not be dear to God; cling to it as necessary. ### Translation notes - An apparatus note that the OCR ran into this line is removed. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 251 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-251). ## Sentence 252 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-252 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A wise man is sparing of time. ### Greek text Φείδεται χρόνου σοφὸς ἀνήρ. ### English translation (Claude) A wise man is sparing of time. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 252 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-252). ## Sentence 253 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-253 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Use frankness with modesty. For a wise man even sleep is a matter of self-control. ### Greek text Παρρησίαν ἄγε μετὰ αἰδοῦς. Ἔστιν σοφοῦ καὶ ὕπνος ἐγκράτεια. ### English translation (Claude) Use frankness with modesty. For a wise man even sleep is a matter of self-control. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 253 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-253). ## Sentence 254 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-254 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Let children who live badly grieve you more than children who are not alive. ### Greek text Ἀνιάτω σε μᾶλλον τέκνα κακῶς ζῶντα τοῦ μὴ ζῆν. ### English translation (Claude) Let children who live badly grieve you more than children who are not alive. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 254 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-254). ## Sentence 255 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-255 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: For to live is not in our power, but to live well is in our power too. ### Greek text Τὸ γὰρ ζῆν μὲν οὐκ ἐφ᾽ ἡμῖν, καλῶς δὲ ζῆν καὶ ἐφ᾽ ἡμῖν. ### English translation (Claude) For to live is not in our power, but to live well is in our power too. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 255 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-255). ## Sentence 256 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-256 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Children who are not faithful are not children. ### Greek text Τέκνα μὴ πιστὰ οὐ τέκνα. ### English translation (Claude) Children who are not faithful are not children. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 256 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-256). ## Sentence 257 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-257 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A faithful man bears the loss of children with thanksgiving. ### Greek text Πιστὸς ἀνὴρ εὐχαρίστως φέρει τέκνων ἀποβολήν. ### English translation (Claude) A faithful man bears the loss of children with thanksgiving. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 257 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-257). ## Sentence 258 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-258 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Do not judge as a philosopher one whom you do not trust in everything. ### Greek text Μὴ κρίνῃς φιλόσοφον, ᾧ μὴ πάντα πιστεύεις. ### English translation (Claude) Do not judge as a philosopher one whom you do not trust in everything. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 258 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-258). ## Sentence 259 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-259 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Do not accept slanders against a philosopher. ### Greek text Διαβολὰς κατὰ φιλοσόφου μὴ παραδέχου. ### English translation (Claude) Do not accept slanders against a philosopher. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 259 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-259). ## Sentence 260 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-260 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Strive to be a common benefactor of humankind. ### Greek text Ἐπιτήδευε κοινὸς ἀνθρώποις εὐεργέτης εἶναι. ### English translation (Claude) Strive to be a common benefactor of humankind. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 260 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-260). ## Sentence 261 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-261 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Consider even punishing someone justly a thing to pray to be spared. ### Greek text Απευκτὸν ἡγοῦ καὶ τὸ δικαίως τινὰ κολάζειν. ### English translation (Claude) Consider even punishing someone justly a thing to pray to be spared. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 261 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-261). ## Sentence 262 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-262 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: If you wish to live cheerfully, do not do many things; for in busying yourself with many things you will be busy with bad things. ### Greek text Μετ᾿ εὐθυμίας εἰ θέλεις ζῆν, μὴ πολλὰ πράττε᾽ πολυπραγμονῶν γὰρ κακοπραγμονῶν ἔσῃ. ### English translation (Claude) If you wish to live cheerfully, do not do many things; for in busying yourself with many things you will be busy with bad things. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 262 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-262). ## Sentence 263 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-263 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: What you did not lay down, do not take up; for otherwise you do not live as the self-sufficient man does. ### Greek text Ὁ μὴ κατέθου, μηδ᾽ ἀνέλῃς· οὐ γὰρ κατὰ τὸν αὐτάρκη πολιτεύῃ. ### English translation (Claude) What you did not lay down, do not take up; for otherwise you do not live as the self-sufficient man does. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 263 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-263). ## Sentence 264 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-264 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Leaving what you possess, follow right reason. You will be free from all things if you serve God. ### Greek text Αφεὶς ἃ κέκτησαι ἀκολούθει τῷ ὀρθῷ λόγῳ. Ἐλεύθερος ἔσῃ ἀπὸ πάντων δουλεύων θεῷ. ### English translation (Claude) Leaving what you possess, follow right reason. You will be free from all things if you serve God. ### Scripture references - Matt 19:21: allusion, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 264 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-264). ## Sentence 265 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-265 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Leave off food while you still want it. ### Greek text Απαλλάττου τροφῆς ἔτι θέλων. ### English translation (Claude) Leave off food while you still want it. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 265 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-265). ## Sentence 266 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-266 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Share your food with everyone. ### Greek text Τροφῆς παντὶ κοινώνει. ### English translation (Claude) Share your food with everyone. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 266 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-266). ## Sentence 267 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-267 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: It is good even to fast so that a poor man may be fed. ### Greek text Ὑπὲρ τοῦ πτωχὸν τραφῆναι καὶ νηστεῦσαι καλόν. ### English translation (Claude) It is good even to fast so that a poor man may be fed. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 267 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-267). ## Sentence 268 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-268 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Let every drink be pleasant to you. ### Greek text Ποτόν σοι πᾶν ἡδὺ ἔστω. ### English translation (Claude) Let every drink be pleasant to you. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 268 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-268). ## Sentence 269 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-269 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: But guard against drunkenness as you would against madness. ### Greek text Μέθην δὲ ὁμοίως μανίᾳ φυλάττου. ### English translation (Claude) But guard against drunkenness as you would against madness. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 269 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-269). ## Sentence 270 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-270 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A person overcome by his belly is like a beast. ### Greek text Ἄνθρωπος γαστρὸς ἡττώμενος ὅμοιος θηρίῳ. ### English translation (Claude) A person overcome by his belly is like a beast. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 270 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-270). ## Sentence 271 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-271 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Nothing good grows from the flesh. ### Greek text Οὐδὲν φύεται ἐκ σαρκὸς ἀγαθόν. ### English translation (Claude) Nothing good grows from the flesh. ### Scripture references - Rom 7:18: allusion, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 271 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-271). ## Sentence 272 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-272 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Of shameful pleasure, the pleasant part quickly departs, but the reproach remains. ### Greek text Αἰσχρᾶς ἡδονῆς τὸ μὲν ἡδὺ ταχέως ἄπεισιν, τὸ δὲ ὄνειδος παραμένει. ### English translation (Claude) Of shameful pleasure, the pleasant part quickly departs, but the reproach remains. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 272 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-272). ## Sentence 273 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-273 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: You may see people cutting off and throwing away their own limbs so that the rest of the body may be healthy; how much better to do so for the sake of self-control. ### Greek text ᾿Ανθρώπους ἴδοις ἂν ὑπὲρ τοῦ τὸ λοιπὸν τοῦ σώματος ἔχειν ἐρρωμένον ἀποκόπτοντας ἑαυτῶν καὶ ῥίπτοντας μέλη᾽ πόσῳ βέλτιον ὑπὲρ τοῦ σωφρονεῖν. ### English translation (Claude) You may see people cutting off and throwing away their own limbs so that the rest of the body may be healthy; how much better to do so for the sake of self-control. ### Scripture references - Matt 5:29–30: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 273 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-273). ## Sentence 274 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-274 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Consider mastering the body a great education; for acquiring money will not stop the desire for possessions. ### Greek text Μεγάλην νόμιζε παιδείαν τὸ ἄρχειν σώματος᾽ οὐ γὰρ παύσει ἐπιθυμίαν κτημάτων ἣ χρημάτων κτῆσις. ### English translation (Claude) Consider mastering the body a great education; for acquiring money will not stop the desire for possessions. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 274 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-274). ## Sentence 275 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-275 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Nothing that takes away one's freedom befits a philosopher. ### Greek text Φιλόσοφον οὐδέν ἐστιν, ὃ τῆς ἐλευθερίας ἀφαιρεῖται. ### English translation (Claude) Nothing that takes away one's freedom befits a philosopher. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 275 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-275). ## Sentence 276 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-276 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Consider necessary pleasures as necessary. ### Greek text Ἡδονὰς ἡγοῦ τὰς ἀναγκαίας ὡς ἀναγκαίας. ### English translation (Claude) Consider necessary pleasures as necessary. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 276 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-276). ## Sentence 277 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-277 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: All pray to have good things, but only those who genuinely share in the divine Word acquire them. ### Greek text Τὰ ἀγαθὰ μὲν ἔχειν πάντες εὔχονται, κτῶνται δὲ οἱ γνησίως τοῦ θείου λόγου μετέχοντες. ### English translation (Claude) All pray to have good things, but only those who genuinely share in the divine Word acquire them. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 277 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-277). ## Sentence 278 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-278 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Being a philosopher, be dignified rather than fond of jesting. ### Greek text Φιλόσοφος ὧν σεμνὸς ἔσο μᾶλλον ἢ φιλοσκώπτης. ### English translation (Claude) Being a philosopher, be dignified rather than fond of jesting. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 278 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-278). ## Sentence 279 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-279 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Let your jesting be rare, even when it is timely. ### Greek text Σπάνιόν σου ἔστω σκῶμμα καὶ τὸ εὔκαιρον. ### English translation (Claude) Let your jesting be rare, even when it is timely. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 279 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-279). ## Sentence 280 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-280 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Immoderate laughter is a sign of heedlessness. Do not allow yourself to be loosened beyond a smile. ### Greek text Ἄμετρος γέλως σημεῖον ἀπροσεξίας. Σεαυτῷ διαχεῖσθαι πέρα τοῦ μειδιᾶν μὴ ἐπιτρέψῃς. ### English translation (Claude) Immoderate laughter is a sign of heedlessness. Do not allow yourself to be loosened beyond a smile. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 280 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-280). ## Sentence 281 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-281 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Use seriousness more than relaxation. ### Greek text Σπουδῇ πλείονι ἢ διαχύσει χρῶ. ### English translation (Claude) Use seriousness more than relaxation. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 281 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-281). ## Sentence 282 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-282 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Let your life be a contest for a dignified life. ### Greek text Ἀγὼν ὁ βίος ἔστω σοι περὶ βίου σεμνοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) Let your life be a contest for a dignified life. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 282 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-282). ## Sentence 283 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-283 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Best is not to sin; but when one sins, it is better to recognize it than to be ignorant of it. ### Greek text Ἄριστον μὲν τὸ μὴ ἁμαρτεῖν, ἁμαρτάνοντα δὲ γινώσκειν ἄμεινον ἢ ἀγνοεῖν. ### English translation (Claude) Best is not to sin; but when one sins, it is better to recognize it than to be ignorant of it. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 283 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-283). ## Sentence 284 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-284 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A boaster is not a philosopher. ### Greek text ᾿Αλαζὼν φιλόσοφος οὐκ ἔστιν. ### English translation (Claude) A boaster is not a philosopher. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 284 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-284). ## Sentence 285 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-285 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Consider great the wisdom by which you will be able to bear the lack of education of the ignorant. ### Greek text Μεγάλην σοφίαν νόμιζε, δι᾽ ἧς δυνήσῃ φέρειν ἀγνοούντων ἀπαιδευσίαν. ### English translation (Claude) Consider great the wisdom by which you will be able to bear the lack of education of the ignorant. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 285 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-285). ## Sentence 286 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-286 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Consider it shameful, when you have reason, to be praised for your body. ### Greek text Αἰσχρὸν ἡγοῦ λόγον ἔχων διὰ σῶμα ἐπαινεῖσθαι. ### English translation (Claude) Consider it shameful, when you have reason, to be praised for your body. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 286 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-286). ## Sentence 287 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-287 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The souls of the wise are insatiable for piety. ### Greek text Σοφῶν ψυχαὶ ἀκάρεστοι θεοσεβείας. ### English translation (Claude) The souls of the wise are insatiable for piety. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 287 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-287). ## Sentence 288 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-288 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Beginning from God, do whatever you do. ### Greek text Αρχόμενος ἀπὸ θεοῦ πρᾶττε, ὃ ἂν πράττῃς. ### English translation (Claude) Beginning from God, do whatever you do. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 288 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-288). ## Sentence 289 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-289 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Think of God more continually than you breathe. ### Greek text Συνεχέστερον νόει τὸν θεὸν ἢ ἀνάπνει. ### English translation (Claude) Think of God more continually than you breathe. ### Scripture references - 1 Thess 5:17: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 289 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-289). ## Sentence 290 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-290 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: What one must do after learning, do not attempt without learning. ### Greek text Ἃ μαθόντα δεῖ ποιεῖν, ἄνευ τοῦ μαθεῖν μὴ ἐπιχείρει. ### English translation (Claude) What one must do after learning, do not attempt without learning. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 290 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-290). ## Sentence 291 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-291 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Do not love the flesh. ### Greek text Σαρκὸς μὴ ἔρα. ### English translation (Claude) Do not love the flesh. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 291 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-291). ## Sentence 292 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-292 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Love a good soul, next after God. ### Greek text Ψυχῆς ἀγαθῆς ἔρα μετὰ θεόν. ### English translation (Claude) Love a good soul, next after God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 292 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-292). ## Sentence 293 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-293 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: To be able to bear the anger of one's household is the mark of a wise man. ### Greek text Οἰκείων ὀργὰς δύνασθαι φέρειν κατὰ σοφόν. ### English translation (Claude) To be able to bear the anger of one's household is the mark of a wise man. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 293 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-293). ## Sentence 294 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-294 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The wealth of a philosopher is self-control. ### Greek text Φιλοσόφου πλοῦτος ἐγκράτεια. ### English translation (Claude) The wealth of a philosopher is self-control. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 294 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-294). ## Sentence 295 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-295 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: What you will not have yourself after sharing it with others, do not judge to be good. ### Greek text Ὅπερ μεταδιδοὺς ἄλλοις αὐτὸς οὐχ ἕξεις, μὴ κρίνῃς ἀγαθὸν εἶναι. ### English translation (Claude) What you will not have yourself after sharing it with others, do not judge to be good. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 295 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-295). ## Sentence 296 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-296 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: No good thing is unshareable. [297] Do not consider one sin smaller than another. ### Greek text Οὐδὲν ἀκοινώνητον ἀγαθόν. Μὴ νόμιζε μικρότερον ἁμάρτημα ἄλλο ἄλλου. ### English translation (Claude) No good thing is unshareable. [297] Do not consider one sin smaller than another. ### Translation notes - This ref holds maxims 296 and 297 (marked [297]); the staged ref 297 is renumbered 297b. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 296 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-296). ## Sentence 297 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-297 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Consider every sin an impiety. ### Greek text Πᾶν ἁμάρτημα ἀσέβημα ἡγοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) Consider every sin an impiety. ### Translation notes - This repeats maxim 11; it has no counterpart in Rufinus. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 297 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-297). ## Sentence 298 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-298 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: As you wish to be praised and honoured for your good deeds, so also bear being blamed for your sins. ### Greek text Ὡς ἐπὶ τοῖς κατορθώμασιν ἐπαινεῖσθαι καὶ τιμᾶσθαι θέλεις, καὶ ἐπὶ τοῖς ἁμαρτήμασιν ψεγόμενος ἀνέχου. ### English translation (Claude) As you wish to be praised and honoured for your good deeds, so also bear being blamed for your sins. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 298 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-298). ## Sentence 299 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-299 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Disregard the blame of those whose praise you despise. ### Greek text Ὧν τῶν ἐπαίνων καταφρονεῖς, καὶ τῶν ψόγων ὑπερόρα. ### English translation (Claude) Disregard the blame of those whose praise you despise. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 299 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-299). ## Sentence 300 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-300 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: To store up treasure is not humane, and to take it away for oneself is not the mark of a philosopher. ### Greek text Θησαυρὸν κατατίθεσθαι μὲν οὐ φιλάνθρωπον, ἀναιρεῖσθαι δὲ οὐ κατὰ φιλόσοφον. ### English translation (Claude) To store up treasure is not humane, and to take it away for oneself is not the mark of a philosopher. ### Translation notes - The sense of the second half (ἀναιρεῖσθαι) is uncertain. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 300 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-300). ## Sentence 301 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-301 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: As much as you toil for the body, if you also toiled for the soul you would be wise. ### Greek text Ὅσα πονεῖς διὰ τὸ σῶμα, καὶ διὰ τὴν ψυχὴν πονέσας σοφὸς ἂν εἴης. ### English translation (Claude) As much as you toil for the body, if you also toiled for the soul you would be wise. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 301 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-301). ## Sentence 302 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-302 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Nothing that does harm is wise. ### Greek text Σοφὸν οὐδέν ἐστιν ὃ βλάπτει. ### English translation (Claude) Nothing that does harm is wise. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 302 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-302). ## Sentence 303 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-303 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Call on God as witness of whatever you do. ### Greek text Ὧν ἂν πράττῃς θεὸν ἐπικαλοῦ μάρτυρα. ### English translation (Claude) Call on God as witness of whatever you do. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 303 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-303). ## Sentence 304 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-304 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: God confirms the good actions of human beings. ### Greek text Ὃ θεὸς ἀνθρώπων βεβαιοῖ καλὰς πράξεις. ### English translation (Claude) God confirms the good actions of human beings. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 304 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-304). ## Sentence 305 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-305 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: An evil demon is the guide of evil actions. ### Greek text Κακῶν πράξεων κακὸς δαίμων ἡγεμών ἐστιν. ### English translation (Claude) An evil demon is the guide of evil actions. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 305 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-305). ## Sentence 306 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-306 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: You will not compel a wise man to do what he does not wish, any more than God. ### Greek text Οὐκ ἀναγκάσεις σοφὸν πρᾶξαι ὃ μὴ βούλεται μᾶλλον ἤπερ θεόν. ### English translation (Claude) You will not compel a wise man to do what he does not wish, any more than God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 306 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-306). ## Sentence 307 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-307 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A wise man commends God to human beings. ### Greek text Σοφὸς ἀνὴρ θεὸν ἀνθρώποις συνιστᾷ, ### English translation (Claude) A wise man commends God to human beings. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 307 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-307). ## Sentence 308 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-308 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Of all his own works, God takes the greatest pride in a wise man. ### Greek text Ὃ θεὸς τῶν ἰδίων ἔργων μέγιστον φρονεῖ ἐπὶ σοφῷ. ### English translation (Claude) Of all his own works, God takes the greatest pride in a wise man. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 308 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-308). ## Sentence 309 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-309 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Nothing, next after God, is so free as a wise man. ### Greek text Οὐδὲν οὕτως ἐλεύθερον μετὰ θεὸν ὡς σοφὸς ἀνήρ. ### English translation (Claude) Nothing, next after God, is so free as a wise man. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 309 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-309). ## Sentence 310 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-310 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Whatever are God's possessions are also the wise man's. ### Greek text Ὅσα θεοῦ κτήματα, καὶ σοφοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) Whatever are God's possessions are also the wise man's. ### Translation notes - Rufinus's Latin gives maxims 310 and 311 in the reverse order. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 310 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-310). ## Sentence 311 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-311 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A wise man shares in the kingdom of God. ### Greek text Κοινωνεῖ βασιλείας θεοῦ σοφὸς ἀνήρ. ### English translation (Claude) A wise man shares in the kingdom of God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 311 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-311). ## Sentence 312 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-312 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A bad man does not want there to be a providence of God. ### Greek text Κακὸς ἀνὴρ πρόνοιαν θεοῦ εἶναι οὐ θέλει. ### English translation (Claude) A bad man does not want there to be a providence of God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 312 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-312). ## Sentence 313 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-313 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A bad soul flees God. ### Greek text Ψυχὴ κακὴ θεὸν φεύγει. ### English translation (Claude) A bad soul flees God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 313 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-313). ## Sentence 314 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-314 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Everything base is hostile to God. ### Greek text Πᾶν τὸ φαῦλον θεῷ πολέμιον. ### English translation (Claude) Everything base is hostile to God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 314 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-314). ## Sentence 315 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-315 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Consider that what thinks in you is the human being. ### Greek text Τὸ ἐν σοὶ φρονοῦν τοῦτο νόμιζε εἶναι ἄνθρωπον. ### English translation (Claude) Consider that what thinks in you is the human being. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 315 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-315). ## Sentence 316 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-316 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Where your thinking is, there is your good. ### Greek text Ὅπου σου τὸ φρονοῦν, ἐκεῖ σου τὸ ἀγαθόν. ### English translation (Claude) Where your thinking is, there is your good. ### Scripture references - Matt 6:21: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 316 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-316). ## Sentence 317 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-317 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Do not seek good in the flesh. ### Greek text ᾿Αγαθὸν ἐν σαρκὶ μὴ ἐπιζήτει. ### English translation (Claude) Do not seek good in the flesh. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 317 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-317). ## Sentence 318 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-318 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: What does not harm the soul does not harm the person either. ### Greek text Ὃ μὴ βλάπτει ψυχήν, οὐδὲ ἄνθρωπον. ### English translation (Claude) What does not harm the soul does not harm the person either. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 318 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-318). ## Sentence 319 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-319 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Honour a philosopher as a servant of God, next after God. ### Greek text Φιλόσοφον ἄνθρωπον ὡς ὑπηρέτην θεοῦ τίμα μετὰ θεόν. ### English translation (Claude) Honour a philosopher as a servant of God, next after God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 319 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-319). ## Sentence 320 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-320 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: To be weighed down by the tent of your soul is arrogant; but to be able to lay it aside gently when one must is blessed. ### Greek text Τὸ σκήνωμα τῆς ψυχῆς σου βαρύνεσθαι μὲν ὑπερήφανον, ἀποθέσθαι δὲ πραέως ὁπότε χρὴ δύνασθαι μακάριον. ### English translation (Claude) To be weighed down by the tent of your soul is arrogant; but to be able to lay it aside gently when one must is blessed. ### Scripture references - 2 Cor 5:4: echo, medium confidence - 2 Pet 1:14: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 320 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-320). ## Sentence 321 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-321 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Do not become a cause of death to yourself, but do not be indignant with one who takes you from the body. ### Greek text Θανάτου μὲν σαυτῷ παραίτιος μὴ γένῃ, τῷ δὲ ἀφαιρουμένῳ σε τοῦ σώματος μὴ ἀγανάκτει. ### English translation (Claude) Do not become a cause of death to yourself, but do not be indignant with one who takes you from the body. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 321 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-321). ## Sentence 322 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-322 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: One who takes the wise man away from the body by his own wickedness does him a good turn; for he is set free as from bonds. ### Greek text Σοφὸν ὁ τοῦ σώματος ἀφαιρούμενος τῇ ἑαυτοῦ κακίᾳ εὐεργετεῖ, λύεται γὰρ ὡς ἐκ δεσμῶν. ### English translation (Claude) One who takes the wise man away from the body by his own wickedness does him a good turn; for he is set free as from bonds. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 322 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-322). ## Sentence 323 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-323 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Fear of death grieves a person through the soul's inexperience. ### Greek text ᾿Ανθρωπον θανάτου φόβος λυπεῖ ἀπειρίᾳ ψυχῆς. ### English translation (Claude) Fear of death grieves a person through the soul's inexperience. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 323 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-323). ## Sentence 324 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-324 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A sword that kills men: best it had never come into being; but since it has, consider that it is not yours. ### Greek text Σίδηρον ἀνδροφόνον ἄριστον μὲν ἦν μὴ γενέσθαι, γενόμενον δὲ σοὶ μὴ νόμιζε εἶναι. ### English translation (Claude) A sword that kills men: best it had never come into being; but since it has, consider that it is not yours. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 324 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-324). ## Sentence 325 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-325 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: No pretence escapes notice for long, especially in matters of faith. ### Greek text Οὐδεμία προσποίησις ἐπὶ πολλῷ χρόνῳ λανθάνει, μάλιστα δὲ ἐν πίστει. ### English translation (Claude) No pretence escapes notice for long, especially in matters of faith. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 325 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-325). ## Sentence 326 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-326 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Whatever your character is, let your life be such too. A God-fearing character makes a blessed life. ### Greek text Οἷον ἂν ἧ σου τὸ ἦθος, τοιοῦτος ἔστω σου καὶ ὃ βίος. Ἦθος θεοσεβὲς ποιεῖ βίον μακάριον. ### English translation (Claude) Whatever your character is, let your life be such too. A God-fearing character makes a blessed life. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 326 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-326). ## Sentence 327 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-327 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: One who plans evil against another is the first to suffer evil. ### Greek text Ὃ βουλευόμενος κατ᾽ ἄλλου κακῶς, φθάνει κακῶς πάσχων. ### English translation (Claude) One who plans evil against another is the first to suffer evil. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 327 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-327). ## Sentence 328 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-328 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Let no ungrateful person stop you from doing good. ### Greek text Μή σε παύσῃ τοῦ εὐεργετεῖν ἀχάριστος ἄνθρωπος. ### English translation (Claude) Let no ungrateful person stop you from doing good. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 328 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-328). ## Sentence 329 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-329 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Of whatever you give at once when asked, judge nothing worth more than the one who receives it. ### Greek text Μηθὲν ὧν παραχρῆμα αἰτούμενος δῶς, πλείονος ἄξιον κρίνῃς τοῦ λαμβάνοντος. ### English translation (Claude) Of whatever you give at once when asked, judge nothing worth more than the one who receives it. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 329 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-329). ## Sentence 330 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-330 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: You will use your wealth best by sharing it readily with those in need. ### Greek text Κάλλιστα οὐσίᾳ χρήσῃ τοῖς δεομένοις προθύμως μεταδιδούς. ### English translation (Claude) You will use your wealth best by sharing it readily with those in need. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 330 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-330). ## Sentence 331 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-331 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Persuade a brother who acts unfeelingly not to do so; and if he is incurable, keep watch over him. ### Greek text Αδελφὸν ἀγνωμονοῦντα πεῖθε μὴ ἀγνωμονεῖν καὶ ἀνιάτως ἔχοντα συντήρει. ### English translation (Claude) Persuade a brother who acts unfeelingly not to do so; and if he is incurable, keep watch over him. ### Scripture references - Matt 18:15: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 331 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-331). ## Sentence 332 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-332 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Strive to surpass all people in kindness. ### Greek text Εὐγνωμοσύνῃ πάντας ἀνθρώπους νικᾶν ἀγωνίζου. ### English translation (Claude) Strive to surpass all people in kindness. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 332 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-332). ## Sentence 333 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-333 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: You will not have understanding until you know that you do not have it. ### Greek text Νοῦν οὐ πρότερον ἕξεις, πρὶν ἢ γνῷς οὐκ ἔχων. ### English translation (Claude) You will not have understanding until you know that you do not have it. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 333 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-333). ## Sentence 334 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-334 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Practise self-sufficiency. ### Greek text Αὐτάρκειαν ἄσκει. ### English translation (Claude) Practise self-sufficiency. ### Translation notes - This repeats maxim 98. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 334 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-334). ## Sentence 335 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-335 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The members of the body are burdens to those who do not use them. ### Greek text Τὰ μέλη τοῦ σώματος τοῖς οὐ χρωμένοις φορτία. ### English translation (Claude) The members of the body are burdens to those who do not use them. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 335 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-335). ## Sentence 336 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-336 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: It is better to serve others than to be served by others. ### Greek text Ὑπηρετεῖν κρεῖττον ἑτέροις ἢ πρὸς ἄλλων ὑπηρετεῖσθαι. ### English translation (Claude) It is better to serve others than to be served by others. ### Scripture references - Mark 10:45: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 336 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-336). ## Sentence 337 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-337 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Let one whom God does not release from the body not be weighed down by it. ### Greek text Ὃν οὐκ ἀπαλλάττει ὁ θεὸς τοῦ σώματος μὴ βαρυνέσθω. ### English translation (Claude) Let one whom God does not release from the body not be weighed down by it. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 337 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-337). ## Sentence 338 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-338 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Consider it hard not only to hold an unsociable doctrine but even to listen to one. ### Greek text Δόγμα ἀκοινώνητον οὐ μόνον ἔχειν ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀκούειν χαλεπὸν ἡγοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) Consider it hard not only to hold an unsociable doctrine but even to listen to one. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 338 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-338). ## Sentence 339 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-339 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: One who gives anything with reproach commits an outrage. ### Greek text Ὃ διδοὺς ὁτισῦν μετ᾽ ὀνείδους ὑβρίζει [καὶ ες θεὸν ἁμαρτάνει]. ### English translation (Claude) One who gives anything with reproach commits an outrage. ### Translation notes - The editor deletes the words in square brackets, “and sins against God.” ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 339 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-339). ## Sentence 340 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-340 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: By caring for orphans you will be a father of many children, dear to God. ### Greek text Κηδόμενος ὀρφανῶν πατὴρ ἔσῃ πλειόνων τέκνων θεοφιλής. ### English translation (Claude) By caring for orphans you will be a father of many children, dear to God. ### Scripture references - Jas 1:27: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 340 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-340). ## Sentence 341 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-341 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Whomever you serve for the sake of glory, you have served for a wage. ### Greek text Ὧι ἂν ὑπουργήσῃς ἕνεκα δόξης, μισθοῦ ὑπούργησας. ### English translation (Claude) Whomever you serve for the sake of glory, you have served for a wage. ### Scripture references - Matt 6:2: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 341 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-341). ## Sentence 342 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-342 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: If you give something in order to be known for it, you have given not to a person but to your own pleasure. ### Greek text Εάν τι δῷς ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ γνωσθῆναι, οὐκ ἀνθρώπῳ δέδωκας, ἰδίᾳ δὲ ἡδονῇ. ### English translation (Claude) If you give something in order to be known for it, you have given not to a person but to your own pleasure. ### Scripture references - Matt 6:2–4: allusion, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 342 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-342). ## Sentence 343 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-343 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Do not provoke the anger of the crowd. ### Greek text ᾿Οργὴν πλήθους μὴ παρόξυνε. ### English translation (Claude) Do not provoke the anger of the crowd. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 343 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-343). ## Sentence 344 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-344 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Learn, then, what one must do who is to be happy. ### Greek text Μάθε τοίνυν τί δεῖ ποιεῖν τὸν εὐδαιμονήσοντα. ### English translation (Claude) Learn, then, what one must do who is to be happy. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 344 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-344). ## Sentence 345 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-345 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: It is better to die of hunger than to darken the soul through intemperance of the belly. ### Greek text Κρεῖττον ἀποθανεῖν λιμῷ ἢ διὰ γαστρὸς ἀκρασίαν ψυχὴν ἀμαυρῶσαι. ### English translation (Claude) It is better to die of hunger than to darken the soul through intemperance of the belly. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 345 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-345). ## Sentence 346 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-346 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Consider your body the imprint of your soul; so keep it pure. ### Greek text Ἐκμαγεῖον τὸ σῶμά σου νόμιζε τῆς ψυχῆς᾽ καθαρὸν οὖν τήρει. ### English translation (Claude) Consider your body the imprint of your soul; so keep it pure. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 346 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-346). ## Sentence 347 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-347 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Whatever the soul practises while dwelling in the body, it departs for the judgment with such witnesses. ### Greek text Ὁποῖα δ᾽ ἂν ἐπιτηδεύσῃ ψυχὴ ἐνοικοῦσα τῷ σώματι, τοιαῦτα μαρτύρια ἔχουσα ἄπεισιν ἐπὶ τὴν κρίσιν. ### English translation (Claude) Whatever the soul practises while dwelling in the body, it departs for the judgment with such witnesses. ### Scripture references - 2 Cor 5:10: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 347 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-347). ## Sentence 348 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-348 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Unclean demons lay claim to an unclean soul. ### Greek text Ακαθάρτου ψυχῆς ἀκάθαρτοι δαίμονες ἀντιποιοῦνται. ### English translation (Claude) Unclean demons lay claim to an unclean soul. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 348 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-348). ## Sentence 349 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-349 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Evil demons do not hinder a faithful and good soul on the way of God. ### Greek text Πιστὴν ψυχὴν καὶ ἀγαθὴν ἐν ὁδῷ θεοῦ κακοὶ δαίμονες οὐκ ἐμποδίζουσιν. ### English translation (Claude) Evil demons do not hinder a faithful and good soul on the way of God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 349 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-349). ## Sentence 350 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-350 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Do not share discourse about God with everyone. ### Greek text Λόγου περὶ θεοῦ μὴ παντὶ κοινώνει. ### English translation (Claude) Do not share discourse about God with everyone. ### Scripture references - Matt 7:6: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 350 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-350). ## Sentence 351 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-351 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: It is not safe for those corrupted by opinion to hear about God. ### Greek text Οὐκ ἀσφαλὲς ἀκούειν περὶ θεοῦ τοῖς ὑπὸ δόξης διεφθαρμένοις. ### English translation (Claude) It is not safe for those corrupted by opinion to hear about God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 351 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-351). ## Sentence 352 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-352 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: To speak even the truth about God is no small danger. ### Greek text Περὶ θεοῦ καὶ τἀληθῆ λέγειν κίνδυνος οὐ μικρός. ### English translation (Claude) To speak even the truth about God is no small danger. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 352 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-352). ## Sentence 353 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-353 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Say nothing about God unless you have learned it from God. ### Greek text Περὶ θεοῦ μηδὲν εἴπῃς μὴ μαθὼν παρὰ θεοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) Say nothing about God unless you have learned it from God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 353 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-353). ## Sentence 354 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-354 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: To a godless person say nothing about God. ### Greek text ᾿Αθέῳ δὲ περὶ θεοῦ μηδὲν εἴπῃς. ### English translation (Claude) To a godless person say nothing about God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 354 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-354). ## Sentence 355 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-355 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Honour true discourse about God as you honour God. ### Greek text Περὶ θεοῦ λόγον ἀληθῆ ὡς θεὸν τίμα. ### English translation (Claude) Honour true discourse about God as you honour God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 355 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-355). ## Sentence 356 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-356 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: If you are not clean of unholy deeds, do not utter discourse about God. ### Greek text Μὴ καθαρεύων ἀνοσίων ἔργων μὴ φθέγξῃ περὶ θεοῦ λόγον. ### English translation (Claude) If you are not clean of unholy deeds, do not utter discourse about God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 356 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-356). ## Sentence 357 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-357 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: True discourse about God is discourse of God. ### Greek text Λόγος ἀληθὴς περὶ θεοῦ λόγος ἐστὶν θεοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) True discourse about God is discourse of God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 357 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-357). ## Sentence 358 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-358 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Having first been convinced that you are dear to God, speak about God to those you trust. ### Greek text Πεισθεὶς πρότερον θεοφιλὴς εἶναι πρὸς οὖς ἂν πεισθῇς λέγε περὶ θεοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) Having first been convinced that you are dear to God, speak about God to those you trust. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 358 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-358). ## Sentence 359 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-359 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Let your God-pleasing works go before every word about God. ### Greek text Τὰ ἔργα σου θεοφιλῆ προηγείσθω παντὸς λόγου περὶ θεοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) Let your God-pleasing works go before every word about God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 359 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-359). ## Sentence 360 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-360 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Do not make a point of speaking about God before a crowd. ### Greek text ᾿Επὶ πλήθους λέγειν περὶ θεοῦ μὴ ἐπιτήδευε. ### English translation (Claude) Do not make a point of speaking about God before a crowd. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 360 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-360). ## Sentence 361 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-361 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Be more sparing of discourse about God than of your soul. ### Greek text Λόγου περὶ θεοῦ φείδου μᾶλλον ἢ περὶ ψυχῆς. ### English translation (Claude) Be more sparing of discourse about God than of your soul. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 361 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-361). ## Sentence 362 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-362 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: It is better to give up your soul than to let fall a careless word about God. ### Greek text Ψυχὴν αἱρετώτερον ἢ λόγον εἰκῆ προέσθαι περὶ θεοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) It is better to give up your soul than to let fall a careless word about God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 362 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-362). ## Sentence 363 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-363 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: You will rule the body of a man dear to God, but you will not be master of his reason. A lion too rules the body of a wise man, and so does a tyrant, but only of that. ### Greek text Θεοφιλοῦς ἀνδρὸς σώματος μὲν ἄρξεις, λόγου δὲ οὐ κυριεύσεις. Σοφοῦ σώματος καὶ λέων ἄρχει, τούτου δὴ μόνου καὶ τύραννος. ### English translation (Claude) You will rule the body of a man dear to God, but you will not be master of his reason. A lion too rules the body of a wise man, and so does a tyrant, but only of that. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 363 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-363). ## Sentence 364 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-364 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: When a tyrant threatens, then above all remember whose you are. ### Greek text Ὑπὸ τυράννου γινομένης ἀπειλῆς, τίνος εἶ τότε μάλιστα μέμνησο. ### English translation (Claude) When a tyrant threatens, then above all remember whose you are. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 364 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-364). ## Sentence 365 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-365 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Let one who speaks discourse about God to those for whom it is not lawful be considered a betrayer of God. ### Greek text Λόγον οἷς οὐ θέμις ὁ λέγων περὶ θεοῦ προδότης θεοῦ νομιζέσθω. ### English translation (Claude) Let one who speaks discourse about God to those for whom it is not lawful be considered a betrayer of God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 365 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-365). ## Sentence 366 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-366 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: It is better to keep silent about God than to talk rashly. ### Greek text Λόγον περὶ θεοῦ σιγᾶν ἄμεινον ἢ προπετῶς διαλέγεσθαι. ### English translation (Claude) It is better to keep silent about God than to talk rashly. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 366 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-366). ## Sentence 367 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-367 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: One who speaks falsehoods about God lies against God. ### Greek text Ὃ λέγων ψευδῆ περὶ θεοῦ καταψεύδεται θεοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) One who speaks falsehoods about God lies against God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 367 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-367). ## Sentence 368 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-368 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A person who has nothing true to say about God is bereft of God. ### Greek text Ἄνθρωπος μηδὲν ἔχων λέγειν περὶ θεοῦ ἀληθὲς ἔρημός ἐστιν θεοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) A person who has nothing true to say about God is bereft of God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 368 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-368). ## Sentence 369 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-369 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: It is not possible to know God without worshipping him. ### Greek text Θεὸν οὐκ ἔστιν γινώσκειν μὴ σεβόμενον. ### English translation (Claude) It is not possible to know God without worshipping him. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 369 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-369). ## Sentence 370 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-370 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: There is no way that one who wrongs a human being could worship God. ### Greek text Οὐκ ἔστιν ὅπως ἀδικῶν τις ἄνθρωπον σέβοι τὸν θεόν. ### English translation (Claude) There is no way that one who wrongs a human being could worship God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 370 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-370). ## Sentence 371 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-371 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The foundation of godliness is love of humankind. ### Greek text Κρηπὶς θεοσεβείας φιλανθρωπία. ### English translation (Claude) The foundation of godliness is love of humankind. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 371 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-371). ## Sentence 372 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-372 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: One who provides for people and prays for all, let him be considered truly God's. ### Greek text Ὃ προνοῶν ἀνθρώπων εὐχόμενός τε ὑπὲρ πάντων οὗτος ἀληθείᾳ θεοῦ νομιζέσθω. ### English translation (Claude) One who provides for people and prays for all, let him be considered truly God's. ### Scripture references - 1 Tim 2:1: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 372 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-372). ## Sentence 373 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-373 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: It is God's own work to save whomever he chooses. ### Greek text Θεοῦ μὲν ἴδιον τὸ σώζειν οὖς ἂν προαιρῆται. ### English translation (Claude) It is God's own work to save whomever he chooses. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 373 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-373). ## Sentence 374 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-374 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: And it is the pious person's work to pray to God to save. ### Greek text Εὐσεβοῦς δὲ τὸ εὔχεσθαι θεῷ σώζειν. ### English translation (Claude) And it is the pious person's work to pray to God to save. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 374 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-374). ## Sentence 375 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-375 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Whenever what you prayed for comes to you from God, then consider that you have authority with God. ### Greek text Ὁπόταν εὐξαμένῳ σοι γένηται ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ, τότε ἐξουσίαν ἔχειν ἡγοῦ παρὰ θεῷ. ### English translation (Claude) Whenever what you prayed for comes to you from God, then consider that you have authority with God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 375 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-375). ## Sentence 376 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-376 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A person worthy of God is a god among human beings. God and the son of God: the one is the best, the other nearest to the best. ### Greek text Ἄξιος ἄνθρωπος θεοῦ θεὸς ἐν ἀνθρώποις. Θεὸς καὶ υἱὸς θεοῦ τὸ μὲν ἄριστον, τὸ δὲ ἐγγυτάτω τοῦ ἀρίστου. ### English translation (Claude) A person worthy of God is a god among human beings. God and the son of God: the one is the best, the other nearest to the best. ### Translation notes - “A god” is as the Greek has it (θεός). Translated exactly; the maxim does not say more about who the son of God is. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 376 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-376). ## Sentence 377 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-377 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: It is better to be without possessions than to have many possessions and not share them. ### Greek text Ακτήμονα κρεῖττον ἢ ἀκοινώνητον εἶναι πολυκτήμονα. ### English translation (Claude) It is better to be without possessions than to have many possessions and not share them. ### Translation notes - An apparatus note of the editor that the OCR ran into this line is removed. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 377 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-377). ## Sentence 378 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-378 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: If you do not give to those in need when you are able, you will not receive from God when you are in need. ### Greek text Μὴ διδοὺς δεομένοις δυνατὸς ὧν οὐ λήψῃ δεόμενος παρὰ θεοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) If you do not give to those in need when you are able, you will not receive from God when you are in need. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 378 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-378). ## Sentence 379 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-379 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: When one shares food with someone in need with his whole soul, the gift is something small, but the eagerness is great before God. ### Greek text Τροφῆς δεομένῳ μεταδιδόντος ἐξ ὅλης ψυχῆς δόμα μέν τι βραχύ, προθυμία δὲ μεγάλη παρὰ θεῷ. ### English translation (Claude) When one shares food with someone in need with his whole soul, the gift is something small, but the eagerness is great before God. ### Scripture references - Mark 12:43–44: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 379 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-379). ## Sentence 380 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-380 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: One who acknowledges God but thinks that nothing concerns him is no better than an atheist. ### Greek text Θεὸν ὁ νομίζων καὶ μηδὲν ἡγούμενος εἶναι πρὸς αὐτὸν οὐχ ἧττον ἢ ἄθεος. ### English translation (Claude) One who acknowledges God but thinks that nothing concerns him is no better than an atheist. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 380 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-380). ## Sentence 381 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-381 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: One honours God best who has made his own mind like God as far as he can. ### Greek text Τιμᾷ θεὸν ἄριστα ὁ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ διάνοιαν ἐξομοιώσας θεῷ εἰς δύναμιν. ### English translation (Claude) One honours God best who has made his own mind like God as far as he can. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 381 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-381). ## Sentence 382 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-382 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: God needs nothing at all, but he rejoices in those who share with the needy. ### Greek text Θεὸς δεῖται μὲν οὐδαμῇ οὐδενός, χαίρει δὲ τοῖς μεταδιδοῦσι τοῖς δεομένοις. ### English translation (Claude) God needs nothing at all, but he rejoices in those who share with the needy. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 382 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-382). ## Sentence 383 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-383 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Let the words of the faithful be few, but their works many. ### Greek text Πιστῶν ὀλίγοι μὲν ἔστωσαν οἱ λόγοι, ἔργα δὲ πολλά. ### English translation (Claude) Let the words of the faithful be few, but their works many. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 383 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-383). ## Sentence 384 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-384 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A faithful person who loves learning is a worker of truth. ### Greek text Πιστὸς φιλομαθὴς ἐργάτης ἀληθείας. ### English translation (Claude) A faithful person who loves learning is a worker of truth. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 384 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-384). ## Sentence 385 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-385 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Adapt yourself to circumstances, so that you may be cheerful. ### Greek text ᾿Αρμόζου πρὸς τὰς περιστάσεις, ἵνα εὐθυμῇς. ### English translation (Claude) Adapt yourself to circumstances, so that you may be cheerful. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 385 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-385). ## Sentence 386 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-386 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: If you wrong no one, you will fear no one. ### Greek text Μηδένα ἀδικῶν οὐδένα φοβηθήσῃ. ### English translation (Claude) If you wrong no one, you will fear no one. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 386 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-386). ## Sentence 387 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-387 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A tyrant does not take away happiness. ### Greek text Τύραννος εὐδαιμονίαν οὐκ ἀφαιρεῖται. ### English translation (Claude) A tyrant does not take away happiness. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 387 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-387). ## Sentence 388 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-388 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: What you must do, do willingly. ### Greek text Ὃ δεῖ ποιεῖν, ἑκὼν ποίει. ### English translation (Claude) What you must do, do willingly. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 388 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-388). ## Sentence 389 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-389 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: What you must not do, do in no way. Promise anything rather than that you are wise. ### Greek text Ὃ μὴ δεῖ ποιεῖν, μηδενὶ τρόπῳ ποίει. Πάντα μᾶλλον ἢ τὸ σοφὸς εἶναι ὑπισχνοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) What you must not do, do in no way. Promise anything rather than that you are wise. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 389 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-389). ## Sentence 390 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-390 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Refer to God the cause of what you do well. ### Greek text Οὗ καλῶς πράττεις τὴν αἰτίαν ἀνάφερε εἰς θεόν. ### English translation (Claude) Refer to God the cause of what you do well. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 390 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-390). ## Sentence 391 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-391 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: No wise man looks downward to the earth and to tables. ### Greek text Οὐδεὶς σοφὸς ἀνὴρ κάτω που βλέπων εἰς γῆν καὶ τραπέζας. ### English translation (Claude) No wise man looks downward to the earth and to tables. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 391 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-391). ## Sentence 392 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-392 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: It is not his money-making that a philosopher must set free, but his soul. ### Greek text Τὸν φιλόσοφον οὐ τὸν χρηματισμὸν ἐλευθεροῦν δεῖ, ἀλλὰ τὴν ψυχήν. ### English translation (Claude) It is not his money-making that a philosopher must set free, but his soul. ### Translation notes - The sense is uncertain. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 392 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-392). ## Sentence 393 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-393 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Guard against lying; for it is both to deceive and to be deceived. ### Greek text Ψεύδεσθαι φυλάττου᾽ ἔστιν γὰρ ἀπατᾶν καὶ ἀπατᾶσθαι. ### English translation (Claude) Guard against lying; for it is both to deceive and to be deceived. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 393 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-393). ## Sentence 394 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-394 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Know who God is; learn what it is in you that thinks. ### Greek text Τίς θεὸς γνῶθι᾽ μάθε τὸ νοοῦν ἐν σοί. ### English translation (Claude) Know who God is; learn what it is in you that thinks. ### Translation notes - An apparatus note of the editor that the OCR ran into this line is removed. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 394 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-394). ## Sentence 395 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-395 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A good person is a fine work of God. ### Greek text Θεοῦ καλὸν ἔργον ἀγαθὸς ἄνθρωπος. ### English translation (Claude) A good person is a fine work of God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 395 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-395). ## Sentence 396 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-396 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Wretched are those through whom the word is ill spoken of. ### Greek text Ἄθλιοι, δι᾽ οὖς ὁ λόγος ἀκούει κακῶς. ### English translation (Claude) Wretched are those through whom the word is ill spoken of. ### Scripture references - 1 Tim 6:1: echo, medium confidence - Rom 2:24: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 396 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-396). ## Sentence 397 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-397 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Death does not destroy the soul, but a bad life does. ### Greek text Ψυχὴν θάνατος οὐκ ἀπόλλυσιν, ἀλλὰ κακὸς βίος. ### English translation (Claude) Death does not destroy the soul, but a bad life does. ### Scripture references - Matt 10:28: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 397 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-397). ## Sentence 398 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-398 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: If you know what you were born for, you will know yourself. ### Greek text Πρὸς ὃ γέγονας εἰδὼς γνώσῃ σαυτόν. ### English translation (Claude) If you know what you were born for, you will know yourself. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 398 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-398). ## Sentence 399 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-399 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: It is not possible to live according to God without acting with self-control, nobly, and justly. ### Greek text Οὐκ ἔστιν κατὰ θεὸν ζῆν ἄνευ τοῦ σωφρόνως καὶ καλῶς καὶ δικαίως πράττειν. ### English translation (Claude) It is not possible to live according to God without acting with self-control, nobly, and justly. ### Scripture references - Titus 2:12: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 399 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-399). ## Sentence 400 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-400 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The life of unbelieving people is a disgrace. ### Greek text ᾿Ανθρώπων ἀπίστων βίος ὄνειδος. ### English translation (Claude) The life of unbelieving people is a disgrace. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 400 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-400). ## Sentence 401 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-401 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Never let yourself share the word of God with an ignoble nature without noticing it. ### Greek text Μήποτε λάθῃς σαυτὸν ἀγενεῖ φύσει μεταδιδοὺς λόγου θεοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) Never let yourself share the word of God with an ignoble nature without noticing it. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 401 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-401). ## Sentence 402 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-402 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Faith lifts the soul from earth to God. ### Greek text Ψυχὴν ἀπὸ γῆς πίστις ἀνάγει παρὰ θεόν. ### English translation (Claude) Faith lifts the soul from earth to God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 402 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-402). ## Sentence 403 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-403 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: You would not find out the greatness of a wise man's soul any more than that of God. ### Greek text Σοφοῦ ψυχῆς μέγεθος οὐκ ἂν ἐξεύροις μᾶλλον ἤπερ καὶ θεοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) You would not find out the greatness of a wise man's soul any more than that of God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 403 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-403). ## Sentence 404 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-404 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Whatever God gives, no one takes away. ### Greek text Ὅσα δίδωσιν ὁ θεός, οὐδεὶς ἀφαιρεῖται. ### English translation (Claude) Whatever God gives, no one takes away. ### Translation notes - This repeats the first sentence of maxim 92. Rufinus's Latin gives maxims 404 and 405 in the reverse order. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 404 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-404). ## Sentence 405 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-405 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: What the world provides, it does not keep securely. ### Greek text Ὃ παρέχει κόσμος, βεβαίως οὐ τηρεῖ. ### English translation (Claude) What the world provides, it does not keep securely. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 405 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-405). ## Sentence 406 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-406 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The knowledge of God is divine wisdom. ### Greek text Θεία σοφία ἣ τοῦ θεοῦ γνῶσις. ### English translation (Claude) The knowledge of God is divine wisdom. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 406 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-406). ## Sentence 407 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-407 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Do not dare to speak about God to an impure soul. ### Greek text ᾿Ακαθάρτῳ ψυχῇ μὴ τόλμα λέγειν περὶ θεοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) Do not dare to speak about God to an impure soul. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 407 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-407). ## Sentence 408 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-408 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Make trial of a man by his deeds before his words. ### Greek text ᾿Ανδρὸς πεῖραν πρότερον ἔργων ἢ λόγων ποίει. ### English translation (Claude) Make trial of a man by his deeds before his words. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 408 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-408). ## Sentence 409 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-409 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Do not trust your ears to everyone. ### Greek text Τὰ ὦτά σου μὴ παντὶ πίστευε. ### English translation (Claude) Do not trust your ears to everyone. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 409 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-409). ## Sentence 410 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-410 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: To form opinions about God is easy, but to speak the truth is granted only to the just. ### Greek text Οἴεσθαι μὲν περὶ θεοῦ εὐμαρές, λέγειν δὲ ἀληθὲς μόνῳ τῷ δικαίῳ συγκεχώρηται. ### English translation (Claude) To form opinions about God is easy, but to speak the truth is granted only to the just. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 410 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-410). ## Sentence 411 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-411 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Do not torment your body with your soul, nor torment your soul with the pleasures of the body. ### Greek text Μὴ βασάνιζέ σου τῇ ψυχῇ τὸ σῶμα μηδὲ τὴν ψυχήν σου βασανίσῃς ταῖς τοῦ σώματος ἡδοναῖς. ### English translation (Claude) Do not torment your body with your soul, nor torment your soul with the pleasures of the body. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 411 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-411). ## Sentence 412 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-412 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Accustom yourself to give the body the things of the body with self-control, and the soul its things with godliness. ### Greek text Ἔθιζε σεαυτὸν τῷ μὲν σώματι παρέχειν τὰ τοῦ σώματος σωφρόνως, τῇ δὲ ψυχῇ θεοσεβῶς. ### English translation (Claude) Accustom yourself to give the body the things of the body with self-control, and the soul its things with godliness. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 412 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-412). ## Sentence 413 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-413 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Nourish your soul with divine reason and your body with plain food. ### Greek text Τρέφε σου τὴν μὲν ψυχὴν λόγῳ θείῳ, τὸ δὲ σῶμα σιτίοις λιτοῖς. ### English translation (Claude) Nourish your soul with divine reason and your body with plain food. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 413 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-413). ## Sentence 414 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-414 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Accustom your soul to rejoice in what it is good to rejoice in. ### Greek text Χαίρειν ἔθιζέ σου τὴν ψυχὴν ἐφ᾽ οἷς καλὸν χαίρειν. ### English translation (Claude) Accustom your soul to rejoice in what it is good to rejoice in. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 414 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-414). ## Sentence 415 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-415 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A soul that rejoices in small things is without honour before God. The soul of a wise man hears God. ### Greek text Ψυχὴ χαίρουσα ἐπὶ μικροῖς ἄτιμος παρὰ θεῷ. Σοφοῦ ψυχὴ ἀκούει θεοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) A soul that rejoices in small things is without honour before God. The soul of a wise man hears God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 415 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-415). ## Sentence 416 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-416 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The soul of a wise man is attuned to God by God. ### Greek text Σοφοῦ ψυχὴ ἁρμόζεται πρὸς θεὸν ὑπὸ θεοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) The soul of a wise man is attuned to God by God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 416 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-416). ## Sentence 417 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-417 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The soul of a wise man always sees God. ### Greek text Σοφοῦ ψυχὴ ἀεὶ θεὸν ὁρᾷ. ### English translation (Claude) The soul of a wise man always sees God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 417 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-417). ## Sentence 418 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-418 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The soul of a wise man is always with God. ### Greek text Ψυχὴ σοφοῦ σύνεστιν ἀεὶ θεῷ. ### English translation (Claude) The soul of a wise man is always with God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 418 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-418). ## Sentence 419 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-419 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The heart of one dear to God is set in God's hand. ### Greek text Καρδία θεοφιλοῦς ἐν χειρὶ θεοῦ ἵδρυται. ### English translation (Claude) The heart of one dear to God is set in God's hand. ### Scripture references - Prov 21:1: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 419 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-419). ## Sentence 420 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-420 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The soul's ascent to God is through the word of God. ### Greek text Ψυχῆς ἄνοδος πρὸς θεὸν διὰ λόγου θεοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) The soul's ascent to God is through the word of God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 420 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-420). ## Sentence 421 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-421 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The wise man follows God, and God follows the soul of the wise man. ### Greek text Σοφὸς ἕπεται θεῷ καὶ ὁ θεὸς ψυχῇ σοφοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) The wise man follows God, and God follows the soul of the wise man. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 421 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-421). ## Sentence 422 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-422 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: What rules rejoices in what it rules, and God rejoices in the wise man. ### Greek text Χαίρει τῷ ἀρχομένῳ τὸ ἄρχον καὶ ὁ θεὸς τῷ σοφῷ χαίρει. ### English translation (Claude) What rules rejoices in what it rules, and God rejoices in the wise man. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 422 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-422). ## Sentence 423 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-423 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: What rules is inseparable from what it rules; God therefore provides for the wise man and cares for him. ### Greek text ᾿Αχώριστόν ἐστιν τοῦ ἀρχομένου τὸ ἄρχον, ὁ θεὸς οὖν τοῦ σοφοῦ προνοεῖ καὶ κήδεται. ### English translation (Claude) What rules is inseparable from what it rules; God therefore provides for the wise man and cares for him. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 423 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-423). ## Sentence 424 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-424 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A wise man is under God's guardianship, and for this reason he is also blessed. ### Greek text Ἐπιτροπεύεται σοφὸς ἀνὴρ ὑπὸ θεοῦ, διὰ τοῦτο καὶ μακάριος. ### English translation (Claude) A wise man is under God's guardianship, and for this reason he is also blessed. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 424 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-424). ## Sentence 425 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-425 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The soul of a wise man is tested by God through the body. ### Greek text Ψυχὴ σοφοῦ δοκιμάζεται διὰ σώματος ὑπὸ θεοῦ ### English translation (Claude) The soul of a wise man is tested by God through the body. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 425 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-425). ## Sentence 426 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-426 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: It is not the wise man's tongue that is precious before God, but his understanding. ### Greek text Οὐχ ἣ γλῶττα τοῦ σοφοῦ τιμία παρὰ θεῷ, ἀλλ᾽ ἡ φρόνησις. ### English translation (Claude) It is not the wise man's tongue that is precious before God, but his understanding. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 426 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-426). ## Sentence 427 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-427 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A wise man honours God even when he is silent, knowing why he is silent. ### Greek text Σοφὸς ἀνὴρ καὶ σιγῶν τὸν θεὸν τιμᾷ εἰδὼς διὰ τίνα σιγᾷ. ### English translation (Claude) A wise man honours God even when he is silent, knowing why he is silent. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 427 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-427). ## Sentence 428 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-428 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: No one who does not master the belly and what is below the belly is faithful. ### Greek text Γαστρὸς καὶ τῶν ὑπὸ γαστέρα ὁ μὴ κρατῶν οὐδεὶς πιστός. ### English translation (Claude) No one who does not master the belly and what is below the belly is faithful. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 428 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-428). ## Sentence 429 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-429 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: An intemperate person defiles God. ### Greek text Ἄνθρωπος ἀκρατὴς μιαίνει τὸν θεόν. ### English translation (Claude) An intemperate person defiles God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 429 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-429). ## Sentence 430 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-430 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Knowledge of God makes a person sparing of words. ### Greek text Ἄνθρωπον θεοῦ γνῶσις βραχυλόγον ποιεῖ. ### English translation (Claude) Knowledge of God makes a person sparing of words. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 430 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-430). ## Sentence 431 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-431 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Inexperience produces many words about God. ### Greek text Πολλοὺς λόγους περὶ θεοῦ ἀπειρία ποιεῖ. ### English translation (Claude) Inexperience produces many words about God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 431 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-431). ## Sentence 432 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-432 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A person who knows God does not boast much. ### Greek text Θεὸν ἄνθρωπος εἰδὼς οὐ πολλὰ κομπάζει. ### English translation (Claude) A person who knows God does not boast much. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 432 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-432). ## Sentence 433 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-433 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: An elect person does everything according to God, but does not profess to be elect. ### Greek text Ἐκλεκτὸς ἄνθρωπος ποιεῖ μὲν πάντα κατὰ θεόν, εἶναι δὲ οὐχ ὑπισχνεῖται. ### English translation (Claude) An elect person does everything according to God, but does not profess to be elect. ### Translation notes - “Elect” at the end is supplied by sense. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 433 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-433). ## Sentence 435 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-435 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A person who fills himself with food twice a day and never sleeps alone at night does not escape sexual intercourse. ### Greek text Ἄνθρωπος δὶς ἐμπιπλώμενος τροφῇ καὶ μηδέποτε μόνος κοιμώμενος νύκτωρ συνουσίας οὐ φεύγει. ### English translation (Claude) A person who fills himself with food twice a day and never sleeps alone at night does not escape sexual intercourse. ### Translation notes - Maxims 434, 437, and 440 are not in the staged text. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 435 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-435). ## Sentence 436 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-436 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Fate does not make a person faithful. Fate does not rule God's grace; otherwise it would rule God too. ### Greek text Εἱμαρμένη πιστὸν οὐ ποιεῖ. Εἱμαρμένη θεοῦ χάριτος οὐκ ἄρχει· εἰ δὲ μή, καὶ θεοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) Fate does not make a person faithful. Fate does not rule God's grace; otherwise it would rule God too. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 436 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-436). ## Sentence 438 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-438 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A faithful man is nourished by self-control. ### Greek text Πιστὸς ἀνὴρ τρέφεται ἐγκρατείᾳ. ### English translation (Claude) A faithful man is nourished by self-control. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 438 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-438). ## Sentence 439 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-439 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Know the words and the works of God, and honour God as he deserves. ### Greek text Γνῶθι ῥήματα καὶ κτίσματα θεοῦ καὶ τίμα κατ᾽ ἀξίαν τὸν θεόν. ### English translation (Claude) Know the words and the works of God, and honour God as he deserves. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 439 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-439). ## Sentence 441 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-441 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: A faithful soul is pure and wise and a prophetess of God's truth. ### Greek text Ψυχὴ πιστὴ ἁγνὴ καὶ σοφὴ καὶ προφῆτις ἀληθείας θεοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) A faithful soul is pure and wise and a prophetess of God's truth. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 441 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-441). ## Sentence 442 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-442 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: You will not love the Lord God unless you have in yourself what God wills. ### Greek text Οὐκ ἀγαπήσεις κύριον τὸν θεὸν οὐκ ἔχων ἐν ἑαυτῷ οἷον ὁ θεὸς θέλει. ### English translation (Claude) You will not love the Lord God unless you have in yourself what God wills. ### Scripture references - Matt 22:37: allusion, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 442 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-442). ## Sentence 443 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-443 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Consider that like is dear to like. ### Greek text Φίλον ἡγοῦ τὸ ὅμοιον τῷ ὁμοίῳ. ### English translation (Claude) Consider that like is dear to like. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 443 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-443). ## Sentence 444 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-444 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: If you do not love God, you will not be with God. ### Greek text Οὐκ ἀγαπῶν τὸν θεὸν οὐκ ἔσῃ παρὰ θεῷ. ### English translation (Claude) If you do not love God, you will not be with God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 444 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-444). ## Sentence 445 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-445 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Accustom yourself always to look toward God. ### Greek text Ἔθιζε σεαυτὸν ἀεὶ ἐφορᾶν πρὸς τὸν θεόν. ### English translation (Claude) Accustom yourself always to look toward God. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 445 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-445). ## Sentence 446 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-446 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Seeing God, you will see yourself. ### Greek text Ορῶν τὸν θεὸν ὄψῃ σεαυτόν. ### English translation (Claude) Seeing God, you will see yourself. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 446 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-446). ## Sentence 447 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-447 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Seeing God, you will make what thinks in you such as God is. ### Greek text Ὁρῶν τὸν θεὸν ποιήσεις τὸ ἐν σοὶ φρονοῦν ὁποῖον ὁ θεός. ### English translation (Claude) Seeing God, you will make what thinks in you such as God is. ### Scripture references - 1 John 3:2: echo, medium confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 447 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-447). ## Sentence 448 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-448 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Revere what is in you, and do not outrage it with the desires of the body. ### Greek text Σέβου τὸ ἐν σοὶ καὶ ταῖς τοῦ σώματος ἐπιθυμίαις μὴ καθυβρίσῃς. ### English translation (Claude) Revere what is in you, and do not outrage it with the desires of the body. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 448 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-448). ## Sentence 449 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-449 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Keep your body unstained, as the garment of your soul from God, just as you keep your tunic unstained, since it is the garment of the flesh. ### Greek text Ἀσπίλωτόν σου τὸ σῶμα τήρει ὡς ἔνδυμα τῆς ψυχῆς παρὰ θεοῦ, ὡς καὶ τὸν χιτῶνά σου τηρεῖς ἀσπίλωτον ἔνδυμα ὄντα τῆς σαρκός. ### English translation (Claude) Keep your body unstained, as the garment of your soul from God, just as you keep your tunic unstained, since it is the garment of the flesh. ### Scripture references - Jude 1:23: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 449 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-449). ## Sentence 450 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-450 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The mind of a wise man is a mirror of God. ### Greek text Σοφοῦ διάνοια θεοῦ ἔνοπτρον. ### English translation (Claude) The mind of a wise man is a mirror of God. ### Scripture references - 2 Cor 3:18: echo, low confidence ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 450 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-450). ## Sentence 451 (Greek) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-451 - Source: Elter 1892 Gnomica I - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Do not dare to speak about God to a licentious soul. ### Greek text Ακολάστῳ ψυχῇ μὴ τόλμα λέγειν περὶ θεοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) Do not dare to speak about God to a licentious soul. ### Translation notes - The last maxim of the collection. ### Citation (SBL) Sent. Sext. 451 (Elter 1892 Gnomica I; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/sententiae-sexti-graece/1/#p-451).