At the conclusion of his second oration on the Son, Gregory says something really, really cool. Indulge me with a brief thread, if you don't mind...
He concludes with this commission: "Walk like God through all that are sublime, and with a fellow-feeling through all that involve the body; but better, treat all as God does, so that you may ascend from below to become God, because he came down from above for us."
His command here is twofold.
1. Read Scripture partitively.
2. Live the embodied life, like the Son did.

Why do I find it so cool?
For Gregory, right exegesis is a means to an end: becoming like Christ.
After some 30 to 40 sections of discussing partitive exegesis in two separate orations, he implies the question.

How do we treat all as God does?
Imitate Christ's condescension. *Be embodied*—by suffering, by taking what you do not deserve, by living amongst others.
The key to living as a Christian isn't to be a better human.

It's to be *truly* human—to imitate the one who defines what it means to be human. In this, you fulfill the Law.

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