Does not behave itself rudely, seeks not her own, is not easily provoked, keeps no record of evil;
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Basil the Great
AD 379
A person living in solitary retirement will not readily discern his own defects, since he has no one to admonish or correct him with mildness and compassion. In fact, admonition from an enemy often produces in a prudent man the desire for amendment.
So those who serve the Lord with gladness are they who love him above all else and show brotherly charity to each other. What free servitude is this! What service, excelling all forms of dominance! Explanation of the Psalms
Is not ambitious. Ephrem translates it: "Does not commit what is shameful." Clement (Pædag. lib. iii.c1). "Doth not behave itself unseemly." Our translator with Chrysostom, Theodoret, Theophylact, Å’cumenius, takes it thus: Charity thinks that nothing is dishonouring or unbecoming to it, though it suffer or do what is vile, ignominious, or degrading. Or more shortly: Charity is not ashamed, because it is ambitious of nothing, and of no honour. Our translator therefore has, from the effect, understood and rendered the cause—the cause why any one is not ashamed Isaiah , because he seeks for no honour or glory. Whence Chrysostom and Theophylact think that this is said by Paul against the arrogant. "Charity," says Chrysostom, "knows not what dishonour and disgrace are; she covers with her wings of gold the vices of all whom she embraces." So the love of Christ did not spurn or reject harlots, scourgings, or washing of men"s feet. S. Basil understands it (in Regul. Brev. Reg246): "Charity d...
Is not ambitious; which is also the sense of some Greek copies, but in others, and in St. Chrysostom, it signifies, it is not ashamed of any one. (Witham)
