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They said of abba Abba Macarius that he became as it is written a god upon earth, because just as God protects the world, so abba Abba Macarius would cover the faults that he saw as though he did not see them, and those which he heard as though he did not hear them.

Abba Pastor said, "Judge not him who is guilty of fornication, if you are chaste, or you will break the law like him. For He who said "do not commit fornication" said also "Do not judge"."

A brother asked abba Abba Poemen, "If I see my brother sin, is it right to say nothing about it?" The old man replied, "whenever Whenever we cover our brother's sin, God will cover ours; whenever we tell people about our brother's guilt, God will do the same about ours."