Neighbours And Life And Death

Εἶπεν πάλιν, ὅτι Ἐκ τοῦ πλησίον ἐστὶν ἡ ζωὴ καὶ ὁ θάνατος. Ἐαν γὰρ κερδήσωμεν τὸν ἀδελφὸν, τὸν Θεὸν κερδαίνομεν· ἐάν δὲ σκανδαλίσωμεν τὸν ἀδελφὸν, εἴς Χριστὸν ἁμαρτάνομεν. Ἀποφθέγματα Των Ἁγίων Γερόντων, Παλλαδιος Source: Migne PG 65.78b

Again Father Anthony said, 'From our neighbour is life and death. For if we are of benefit to a brother we gain God, but if we scandalise him we sin against Christ.' Sayings of the Desert Fathers, Palladius of Galatia