It was for this that the Lord came,
so that he might change our souls, re-create them,
and, as the scripture says, “make us sharers in the divine nature.”
He will give to our soul a heavenly soul,
which is the Holy Spirit,
who will lead us into the fullness of virtue,
so that we will even start to live the eternal life,
as far as this is now possible.
Makarios the Great (4th century)