From Chrysostom's thoughts on Philippians 2.1-8:
"Selfishness is the cause of all sorts of evils. From it comes strife and rivalry. From these come jealousy and contentiousness. Out of this that love grows cool when we are in love with human glory and become enslaved to the honors of popularity. One cannot be both a slave to popularity and a true servant of God...
"When someone who has the power to think great thoughts humbles himself, that one is humble. But when his humility comes from impotence, that is not what you would call humility...It is a humility of a greater sort to refrain from seizing power, to be "obedient to death."
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