The Curse And The Crown Of Thorns

Ἐπειδὴ κατάρας ἤν ἄκανθα γεώργιον, ἤν ἡ γῆ κατεδικάσθη μετὰ τήν ἡμετέραν παράβασιν, πᾰσαν δὲ θεραπεῦσαι ἐν ἑαυτῷ ὁ Κύριος παρεγένετο· τούτου χάριν ἀκάνθας ὡς νικηφόρος ἐστεφανώσατο, ὥσπερ οἱ δόκιμοι ποιοῠσι τῶν νικητῶν, αὐτὸ τὸ  ὅπλον ἤ ὄργανον θριαμβεύοντες, δι' οὖ τὴν νίκην εἰργάσαντο, Θαρσεῖτε, λέγων, ἐγὼ νενίκηκα τὸν κόσμον. Ὁ γὰρ ἐν τῇ φύσει τῶν ἀνθρώπων γενόμενος, καὶ ἐν τοῖς αὐτῶν πταίσμασι μὴ γενόμενος, καὶ τῷ γένει τὴν ἀρχαίαν καλλονὴν ἀποδέδωκε, καὶ τὸ κράτος τῆς κατάρας ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ φύσει κατέλυσε. Ἅγιος Ἰσίδωρος Του Πηλουσιώτου, Βιβλίον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολή ϟΕ' Εὐτονιῳ Διακονῳ Source:  Migne PG 78.248b-c

Since it was the curse which commanded thorns from the earth on account of our trespass, 1 so the Lord who came to cure every ill in Himself wore the crown of thorns like a victor, as famous and celebrated champions bear in triumph the weapon or instrument by which victory was achieved. 'Be of good cheer, I have conquered the world,' 2 He says. For He who took up human nature, but not the faults of human nature, restored the old beauty of our race, casting off the power of the curse in that nature. Saint Isidore of Pelusium,  Book 1, Letter 95, To Eutonius the Deacon 1 Gen 3.17-18 2 Jn 16.33