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Origen, Commentary on Matthew, XII.41: Peter, as one loving the contemplative life, and having preferred that which was delightsome in it to the life among the crowd with its turmoil, said, with the design of benefiting those who desired it, "It is good for us to be here." (Mt. 17:4) But since "love seeketh not its own," Jesus did not do that which Peter thought good; wherefore He descended from the mountain to those who were not able to ascend to it and behold His transfiguration, that they might behold Him in such form as they were able to see Him. It is, therefore, the part of a righteous man who possesses "the love which seeketh not its own" to be free from all, but to bring himself under bondage to all those below that He might gain the more of them. (1 Cor. 9:19)
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