Enriching Works

Modestia vestra nota sit omnibus hominibus... Nunc exemplo eorum alios vult lucrari; cum enim modestia eorum manifestata fuerit, id est, rationabilis conversatio, lucebunt opera eorum, et non deerunt, qui imitentur bonum illorum; ut non solum propriorum gestorum, sed et aliorum augmentum consequantur; ut sicut dictum est, labores fructuum suorum edant. Quando enim fructus operum suorum alios acquirit ad opus bonum, labores eorum qui acquisiti sunt, proficient eis, quorum exemplo bona opera imitari coeperunt. Ambrosiaster, In Epistolam Beati Pauli Ad Philippenses Source: Migne PL 17.418c

May your modesty be known to all men... 1 Now he wishes others to be enriched with their example. When their modesty shall have been made manifest, that is, their reasonable way of living, their works shall enrich, and they shall not lack who shall imitate their goods, so that their own deeds shall not only give increase to themselves but even to others, as it is said: 'They shall eat the fruit of their labours.' 2 For when the fruit of their works gains others for good work, the labours of those gained are profitable to them, who began by their example to imitate good works. Ambrosiaster, Commentary On The Epistle of Saint Paul To Philippians 1 Phil 4.5-7 2 Ps 127.2