Hatred of Wickedness

Ἀδελφὸς παρέβαλε τῷ ἀββᾷ Ποιμένι· καὶ συγκαθεζομένων τινῶν, ἐπήνεσέ τινα ἀδελφὸν ὡς ὅτι μισοπόνηρός ἐστι. Λέγει ὁ ἀββᾶς Ποιμὴν τῷ λαλήσαντι· Καὶ τί ἐστι μισοπονηρία; Ἐξέστη δὲ ὁ ἀδελφὸς, καὶ οὐχ εὗρεν ἀποκριθῆναι· ἀναστὰς δὲ μετενόησε τῷ γέροντι, λεγων· Εἰπὲ μοι τί ἐστι μισοπονηρία; Ἔφη ὁ γέρων· Μισοπονηρία αὔτη ἐστὶν, εἴ τις τὰς ἁμαρτίας αὐτοῦ ἐμίσησε, καὶ τὸν πλησίον αὐτοῦ ἐδικαίωσεν. ᾽Αποφθεγματα των ἀγιων γεροντων, Παλλαδιος

A brother came to Father Poimen and there were others brothers sitting with him, and he praised a certain brother as a hater of wickedness. Father Poimen said to him, 'What is it to hate wickedness?' And the brother was shaken and could find no answer and standing up he confessed to the elder, saying, ' Tell me what it is to hate wickedness.' The elder said, 'This is hatred of wickedness: to hate one's own sin and to treat one's neighbour justly.' Sayings of the Desert Fathers, Palladius of Galatia