For whoever says that God, uniting with men, does not impart to them divine incorruption, but rather Himself is swallowed up by their corruption, teaches about the destruction of the Immortal and blasphemes, himself completely falling away from Life.

If this is impossible, then it is better to accept another and before the end try to partake of incorruption.

God is Light, but we are in darkness, or rather, we ourselves are darkness.

Do not be deceived, God does not shine anywhere else, except for those souls with whom He will unite before the end.

For others, however, if it shines, as the preachers of the truth have spoken, it will appear to them as a completely unapproachable fire, which will test the work of each one and again depart from them as from the unworthy.

They will receive a worthy torment.

In spite of all this, here and there the Light is the same for souls, but we, having unenlightened souls, are darkness.

If, therefore, the Light which is for souls is united with my soul, it will either be extinguished and become darkness, or my soul, having been enlightened, will be like light.

For when light is kindled, darkness vanishes.

Such is the property of visible light.

But if this created light does in you that which enlightens your eyes, and gladdens your soul, and allows you to see what you have not seen before, then what will not its Creator do, having shone in your soul, Who said: "Let there be light," and it immediately came to pass?

And so, what do you think, if He shines intelligently in your heart or mind, like lightning or like a great sun, then what can He do to the soul that is illumined?

Will He not enlighten her and make her know Who He is?

Yes, truly, so it is and so it is done, thus the grace of the Spirit is revealed, both through Him and in Him, both the Son and the Father.