He must become greater; I must become less' — the Baptist's concise summation of his eschatological role: increase and decrease represent the necessary rhythm of history's culmination. Jesus' increase (development, prominence, glory) and John's decrease (fading, subordination) reflect divine ordering. The couplet's symmetry and pithiness make it memorable, summarizing the Gospel's entire redemptive movement.

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