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

καὶ εἴ τίς γε νοήσαι τὸν πρὸ τοῦ κενῶσαι ἑαυτὸν ἐν τῇ προηγουμένῃ ὑπάρχοντα θεοῦ μορφῇ, ὄψεται τὸν μηδέπω ἐξεληλυθότα ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ υἱὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ κύριον τὸν μηδέπω ἐκπορευόμενον ἐκ τοῦ τόπου ἑαυτοῦ.

ἐπὰν δὲ ἐκείνῃ τῇ καταστάσει τοῦ υἱοῦ συγκρίνῃ τὴν ἐκ τοῦ ἀνειληφέναι τὴν τοῦ δούλου μορφήν, ἑαυτὸν κενώσαντα, συνήσει πῶς ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ ἐξῆλθεν καὶ ἧκεν πρὸς ἡμᾶς, καὶ οἱονεὶ ἔξω γεγένηται τοῦ πέμψαντος αὐτόν, εἰ καὶ κατ’ ἄλλον τρόπον οὐκ ἀφῆκεν αὐτὸν μόνον ὁ πατήρ, ἀλλὰ μετ’ αὐτοῦ ἐστιν, καὶ ἔστιν ἐν τῷ υἱῷ ὥσπερ καὶ αὐτὸς ἐν τῷ πατρί.

καὶ εἰ μὴ κατ’ ἄλλον γε τρόπον νοήσαις εἶναι τὸν υἱὸν ἐν τῷ πατρί, ὡς ἦν πρὶν ἐξέλθῃ ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ, δόξει περιέχειν μάχην τὸ καὶ ἐξεληλυθέναι ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ εἶναι τὸν ἐξεληλυθότα ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ ἔτι ἐν τῷ θεῷ.