Bearing with Others

Ὁ ἀββᾶς Παῦλος ὁ κοσμίτης καὶ Τιμόθεος ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ ἐκαθέζοντο ἐν τῇ Σκὴτει· καὶ πολλαχῶς ἐγίνετο μεταξὺ αὐτῶν ἀντολογία. Λέγει ὁ ἀββᾶς Παῦλος· Ἔως πότε μένομεν οὕτως; Λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ ἀββᾶς Τιμόθεος· Ποίησον ἀγάπην· ὅταν ἔρχωμαι ἐπάνω σου, Βαστάζω με· καὶ ὅταν ἔρχῃ καὶ σὺ  ἐπάνω μου, Βαστάζω σε κἀγώ. Καὶ ποιὴσαντες οὕτως ἀνεπάησαν τὰς ἐπιλοίπους αὐτῶν ἡμέρας. ᾽Αποφθεγματα των ἀγιων γεροντων, Παλλαδιος

Father Paul Kosmites and his brother Timotheus dwelt in Sketis and often dissension arose between them. Father Paul said, 'How long are we to remain like this?' Father Timotheus said, 'Be charitable; when I trouble you, bear with me and when you are are burden to me I shall suffer you.' And doing so they had peace the rest of their days. Sayings of the Desert Fathers, Palladius of Galatia