Humanity is restored by the Word's union with our nature, so that life in Christ becomes more than moral improvement: it is a real renewal in communion with God.
treatise
On the Incarnation of the Word
The foundational Orthodox treatise on the Word made flesh — fifty-seven chapters arguing that the Son of God became human "that we might be made god," restoring the image of God in fallen humanity.
Attributed to
St. Athanasius the GreatCorpus
1 commentary entries from 1 Father across 1 chapter of Second Peter.
Linked passages
Acts 17:27Acts 26:26Colossians 2:15Deuteronomy 21:23Ephesians 2:141 Corinthians 1:211 Corinthians 2:81 Corinthians 2:91 Peter 2:221 Timothy 6:15Galatians 3:13Genesis 1:1Genesis 2:15Genesis 49:10Hebrews 4:12Hebrews 10:20Hebrews 11:3Hosea 11:1Isaiah 2:4Isaiah 7:14Isaiah 8:4Isaiah 11:10Isaiah 19:1Jeremiah 11:19John 1:3John 10:17-18John 12:32Luke 24:11Matthew 1:23Matthew 26:64Matthew 27:42Numbers 24:5-17Romans 5:142 Corinthians 5:14Wisdom 6:18
The Word takes what is ours so that our nature, renewed in Him, may be brought back to incorruption and communion with God.
Related passage: John 1:14
Second Peter 1
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Second Peter 1
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