The Judgement of Men

Ἐκ τῶν ἀγγελικῶν ταγμάτων, καὶ τοῦ χοροῦ τῶν ἀποστόλων, αἱ τῶν ἀνθρώπων κρίνονται προθέσεις. Τῶν μὲν γὰρ ὁ πρωτοστάτης, τῶν δὲ ὁ προδότης ἐχωρίσθη. Ταυτὸ δὲ τοῦτο καὶ νῦν εὑρήσεις τελούμενον. Τῶν μὲν συντονίᾳ καὶ ἀγρυπνίᾳ προσεχόντων· τῶν δὲ ῥᾳθυμί καὶ ἀμελείᾳ θρυπτομένων· ἐκ τούτων, οἱ μὲν παταλαμβάνονται· οἱ δὲ, καταλείπονται, ὅτε ὁ Κύριος ἐν τῇ δόξῃ αὐτοῦ παραγίνεται. Ἅγιος Ἰσίδωρος Του Πηλουσιώτου, Βιβλιον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολή ΣΠΓ', Πετρῳ Ἀρχιμανδριτῃ

From the ranks of the angels and the company of the Apostles men are judged. For among them one holds the first place, and from among them the traitor has been removed. Thus even now may you be found perfect. For some attend to exertions and vigils, others languish in indolence and negligence, and it will be that when the Lord comes in glory, the former shall be taken up and the latter forsaken. Saint Isidore of Pelusium, Book 1, Letter 283, To Peter the Archimandrite