Virtues

Unknown

Hello,

You know it says in the Bible that every virtue is from above (i.e. from God) - I just have a small question: There are many people who are not baptised that have virtues (humility, kindness, patience, long-suffering etc) that are not Christian. Where are these virtues from??

Also, if they have these virtues already when they do not know God, when they do know God and are baptised, do they become even more virtuous?? I mean, let's say if someone is humble, and they get baptised - do they become MORE humble afterwards??

Let's assume, for arguments sake, that virtues can be quantified:

Is humility (quantity and quality) before baptism the same as humility (quantity & quality) after baptism??

Unknown

Dear Vass,

The following article should help shed some light on this issue:

http://erkohet.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=60:orthodoxmoralityinlightofthetransfiguration&catid=41:smnuascesis&Itemid=16

Unknown

Thanks for the link Iqbal. It was very well written I must add.

So, would you agree, from the above link, that one can conclude that if someone is humble by nature, or conditioning of his/her environment, then after their baptism, this humility is concretised even more??