Giving Gifts

Φησὶν ὁ θεσπέσιος Ἡσαϊας· Ἵνα εἴπωσιν· Οὐκ ἔστιν ὡς τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο, περὶ οὖ οὐκ ἔστι δοῦναι δῶρα. Οὐδὲν γὰρ ἀντάξιον εὑρεθήσεται τῆς τοῦ Δεσποτικοῦ ὀνόματος ὁμολογίας, καὶ τῆς παρασχεθείσης ἡμῖν μακαρίας, καὶ ἁγίας γνώσεως. Διόπερ ἐπὶ τούτῳ δίκαιον λέγειν τὸ Δαυϊτικὸν λόγιον· Τί ἀνταποδώσω τῷ Κυρίῳ περὶ πάντων ὦν ἀντεπέδωκέ μοι; πίστιν λαβὼν, καὶ ἀνταποδοὺς γνῶσιν ἐπουράνιον. Ἡ γὰρ ἁγία γνῶσις μυρίων ἀγαθῶν ἐστι περιεκτική. Ἅγιος Νειλος, Βιβλιον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολὴ Θ', Πτολεμαιῳ Source: Migne PG 79 85c

The blessed Isaiah says, 'That they say: There is not for this word, a gift to give.' 1 For nothing will be found to be of equal worth than the confession of the the Domincial name, for the bringing to us of blessedness  and sacred knowledge. Whence because of this it is right to speak the words of David, 'What shall I give to the Lord for all the things he has given to me? 2 Faith receiving, He returns heavenly knowledge. For sacred knowledge in itself contains innumerable goods. Saint Nilus of Sinai, Book 1, Letter 9, To Ptolemaius 1 Is 8. 20 LXX 2 Ps 115.3