Letter 686
Nilus of Ancyra→Berimus|c. 415 AD|nilus ancyra|From Ancyra|AI-assisted
To the same person.
If you wish not to fall into every sin, cast it down beforehand, and demolish it from its foundations, and dig out the vain swelling of pride.
Εἰ βούλει μὴ ἐμπεσεῖν εἰς πᾶσαν ἁμαρτίαν, προκατάβαλε, καὶ ἐκ βάθρων κατάσκαψον, καὶ ἐξόρυξον τὸ μάταιον φύσημα.
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To the same person.
If you wish not to fall into every sin, cast it down beforehand, and demolish it from its foundations, and dig out the vain swelling of pride.
AI-assisted translation - This translation was produced with AI assistance and has not been peer-reviewed. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek below for scholarly use.
Latin / Greek Original
Εἰ βούλει μὴ ἐμπεσεῖν εἰς πᾶσαν ἁμαρτίαν, προκατάβαλε, καὶ ἐκ βάθρων κατάσκαψον, καὶ ἐξόρυξον τὸ μάταιον φύσημα.
Revision history
- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern nilus ancyra workflow v1.
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