For Christ is of those who are humble-minded, and not of those who exalt themselves over His flock. Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Sceptre of the majesty of God, did not come in the pomp of pride or arrogance, although He might have done so, but in a lowly condition, as the Holy Spirit had declared regarding Him. For He says, " Lord, who hath believed our report, and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed ? We have declared [our message] in His presence : He is, as it were, a child, and like a root in thirsty ground ; He has no form nor glory, yea, we saw Him, and He had no form nor comeli- ness ; but His form was without eminence, yea, deficient in comparison with the [ordinary] form of men. He is a man exposed to stripes and suffering, and acquainted with the endur- ance of grief : for His countenance was turned away ; He was despised, and not esteemed. He bears our iniquities, and is in sorrow for our sakes ; yet we supposed that [on His own ac- count] He was exposed to labour, and stripes, and affliction. But He was wounded for our transgressions, and bruised for our iniquities. The chastisement of our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we were healed. All we, like sheep, have gone astray ; [every] man has wan- dered in his own way ; and the Lord has deliv- ered Him up for our sins, while He in the midst