Deeds And Food

Ἐὰν καλὰ πράττῃς ἔργα, καὶ μιμῇ τὸ πρᾶον τοῦ Ἰησοῦ ἔθρεψας αὐτὸν βουτύρῳ καὶ μέλιτι· ἐὰν δὲ ὀργίλος μένῃ, καὶ φαύλων ἐργάτης πράξεων, λέξει εὐλόγως καὶ περὶ σου Ἰησοῦς, ὅτι, Ἔδωκεν οὕτος εἰς τὸ βρῶμα μου χολὴν, καὶ εἰς τὴν δίψαν μου ἐπότισέ με ὄξος. Ἅγιος Νειλος, Βιβλιον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολὴ ΣΝΑ', Τευκρῳ Διακονῳ Source: Migne PG 79.176b

If you do good works and you emulate the meekness of Jesus, you shall feast on butter and honey. 1 If you persist in wrath and take to wretched deeds, then Jesus spoke well of you, that 'They gave me gall for food, and for my drink they gave me vinegar.' 2 Saint Nilus of Sinai, Book 1, Letter 251, To Teucer the Deacon 1 Isaiah 7.15 2 Ps 68.22