Commentarii in evangelium Joannis (lib. 19, 20, 28, 32)

φησὶ γοῦν τοῖς μαθηταῖς· ›Ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου ἦτε, κἀγὼ ἐξελεξάμην ὑμᾶς ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου, καὶ οὐκέτι ἐστὲ ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου‹· εἴπερ γὰρ ἦλθεν ὁ σωτὴρ ζητῆσαι καὶ σῶσαι τὸ ἀπολωλός, ἦλθεν τοὺς κάτω καὶ πολιτογραφηθέντας ἐν τοῖς κάτω μεταστῆσαι ἐπὶ τὰ ἄνω.