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

ὅλος οὖν ὁ κόσμος καὶ τὰ ἐν αὐτῷ ἐν καταβολῇ ἐστιν· ἔξω δὲ καταβολῆς κόσμου παντὸς γίνονται οἱ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ γνήσιοι μαθηταί, οὓς ἐξελέξατο ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου, ἵνα μηκέτι ὦσιν ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου αἴροντες τὸν σταυρὸν ἑαυτῶν καὶ ἀκολουθοῦντες αὐτῷ.