Isaiah 49:6
Douay-Rheims
And he said: It is a small thing that thou shouldst be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to convert the dregs of Israel. Behold, I have given thee to be the light of the Gentiles, that thou mayst be my salvation even to the farthest part of the earth.
Gregory of Nazianzus
He is called Servant and serves many well. And his being given the grand title "Child of God" agrees with this. For in truth he was subject as a servant to flesh and to birth and to the conditions of our life with a view toward our liberation. He was subject to all that he saved, held captive as we were in sin.
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A.D. 389 · on Isa 49:6 (ON THE SON, THEOLOGICAL ORATION 4(30).3)
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.