High And Humble Speech

Ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι ὁ τὸν λόγον μου ἀκούων καὶ πιστεύων τῷ πέμψαντί με ἔχει ζωὴν αἰώνιον Τίνος οὖν τὰ πάθη; Τῆς σαρκός. Οὐκοῦν εἰ δίδως σαρκὶ τὰ πάθη, δὸς αὐτῇ καὶ τοὺς ταπεινοὺς λόγους. Καὶ ᾧ τὰ θαύματα ἐπιγράφεις, τοὺς ἀνηγμένους ἀνάθες λόγους· ὁ γὰρ θαυματουργῶν Θεὸς εἰκότως ὑψηλὰ λελεῖ, καὶ τῶν ἔργων ἐπάξια· ὁ δὲ πάσχθν ἄνθρωπος καλῶς ταπεινὰ φθέγγεται, καὶ τῶν παθῶν κατάλληλα. Ἀμφιλοχίος Ἐπισκόπος Ἰκονίου, Ἐκλογή Source: Migne 39.108d

Truly I say to you that he who listens to my words, and believes in Him who sent me, he has eternal life. 1 Where are the passions? In the flesh. Therefore if you assign passions to the flesh, assign to the same humble words; but to Him whom you ascribe miracles, give sublime speech. For God, who brings forth miracles, rightly speaks of high things, as befits His works. But man who suffers the passions, rightly speaks humbly, as befits the passions. Amphilocius of Iconium, Fragment 1 Jn 5.24