Observe also the difference between Christ and any man whatsoever. Christ could be on the mount in glory with Moses and be owned as His Son by the Father Himself, and He can be on the plain in the presence of Satan and of the multitude, but, although the scenes are different, He is alike perfect in each. We find admirable affections in the apostles, and especially in Paul; we find works, as Jesus said, greater than His own; we find exercises of heart and astonishing heights by grace; in a word, we see a marvelous power developed by the Holy Spirit in this extraordinary servant of the Lord; but we do not find the evenness that was in Christ. He was the Son of Man who was in heaven. Such as Paul are chords on which God strikes and on which He produces a wondrous music; but Christ is all the music itself.
J. N. Darby (Synopsis, 2 Cor. 12)